Mark 4:11

The Reason For The Parables

¹⁰ When He was by Himself, those who stayed about Him with the Twelve began to ask Him about the stories. ¹¹ Then He said to them, "To you the secret of the kingdom of God has been entrusted, but to those who are on the outside everything is presented in stories, so that ¹² 'They may look and look and yet not see, And listen and listen and yet not understand, Lest, perchance, they should turn and be forgiven.'"

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Kingdom of God

Mystery of the Kingdom of God

Secret Of The Kingdom Of God

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Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.

Colossians 4:5

Practice living prudently in your relations with outsiders, making the most of your opportunities.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

so that you may live influentially with the outsiders, and not be dependent on anybody.

1 Timothy 3:7

He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, or else he may incur reproach and fall into the devil's trap.

1 Corinthians 5:12-13

For what right have I to judge outsiders? Is it not for you to judge those who are inside the church,

Matthew 13:11-13

He answered: "It is you and not they who are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 13:16

"But blessed are your eyes, for they are beginning to see, and your ears, for they are beginning to hear.

Matthew 16:17

Then Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for it is not man that made this known to you, but my Father in heaven.

Luke 8:10

So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand.

Luke 10:21-24

At that very moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He exulted and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, I thank you that your good pleasure made it so.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you superior? And what do you have that you did not get from someone? But if you got it from someone, why do you boast as though you had not?

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, reflected on the face of Christ.

Ephesians 1:9

He has made known to us the secret of His will, which is in accordance with His purpose which He planned in Christ,

Ephesians 2:4-10

But God, who is so rich in mercy on account of the great love He has for us,

Titus 3:3-7

For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.

James 1:16-18

You must avoid being misled, my dearly loved brothers.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to recognize the True One; and we are in union with the True One through His Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.