What does Mark 4:12 mean? Did God plan that some people would be deliberately closed to the truth so that they would not be forgiven?
Mark 4:9-12 (NASB): “… ‘He who has ears to hear, let him hear.’ And as soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables… ‘To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God; [...]