...the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.. " (before the crucifixion). Mark 4:12: N " (before the crucifixion). Mark 1 1 :25-26: "Andwhenye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against...

...the Kingdom of God. He continued by telling them that all others will hear only the parables so, 12. That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may not hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven...

...know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables, so that 'Seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest they should turn, and their sins be forgiven them.'" And He said to them, "Do you not understand this...

...told and would always tell the meaning of his stories, but to the multitude he told the stories only, "that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand."66 Kermode's central topos, in his classic work The Genesis of Secrecy, is St. Matthew's...