Mark 4:10

The Purpose of Parables

4:10 When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Mark 4:13

4:13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then ¹  how will you understand any parable?

[4:13]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.