Mark 4:11

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Mark 4:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

10 As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

11 He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

12 so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

13 Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

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At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

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Matthew 13:12

Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

Matthew 16:17

Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.

Luke 8:10

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

Luke 10:21

At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

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All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”

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Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

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1 Corinthians 4:7

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But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

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made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

Ephesians 2:6

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

Ephesians 2:7

in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:8

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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not by works, so that no one can boast.

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But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

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He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

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This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Titus 3:7

so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

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Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

James 1:17

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