4:10 When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 4:11 He said to them, “The secret 1 of the kingdom of God has been given 2 to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,
1 tn Grk “the mystery.”
2 tn This is an example of a “divine passive,” with God understood to be the source of the revelation (see ExSyn 437-38).