Mark 4:34

4:34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.

Mark 9:47

9:47 If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! ¹  It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have ²  two eyes and be thrown into hell,

Mark 10:40

10:40 but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.” ³ 

Mark 12:32

12:32 The expert in the law said to him, “That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him. ⁴ 

[9:47]  ¹ tn Grk “throw it out.”

[9:47]  ² tn Grk “than having.”

[10:40]  ¹ sn After the first passion prediction in 8:31 Jesus rebuked Peter as having been used by Satan. After the second passion prediction in 9:31 the disciples were concerned about who would be the greatest in the kingdom. After the third passion prediction in 10:33 James and John asked for positions of honor and rulership in the kingdom, revealing their complete misunderstanding of the nature of the kingdom and exposing their inadequacy as true disciples of Jesus. Jesus replied that such positions were for those for whom it has been prepared.

[12:32]  ¹ sn A quotation from Deut 4:35.