Why did only the insiders get the detailed explanation?
Mark 4:11 - 13
ESV - 11 And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables. 12 So that "they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.
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