And he said unto them,
Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are outside, all these things are done in parables:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Such as are out of the Church, though they both hear and read, they cannot understand. (Ven. Bede, in Chap. iv, Mark.)