Mark 4:13

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Mark 4:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

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?

14 The farmer sows the word.

15 Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

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Mark 7:17

After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

Mark 7:18

“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

Matthew 13:51

Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

Matthew 13:52

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Matthew 15:15

Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

Matthew 15:16

“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.

Matthew 15:17

“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

Matthew 16:8

Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?

Matthew 16:9

Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

1 Corinthians 3:1

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:2

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

Hebrews 5:11

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

Hebrews 5:12

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

Hebrews 5:13

For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

Revelation 3:19

Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.