Matthew 13:9-11
9 aHe who has ears, ▼▼Some manuscripts add here and in verse 43
to hear let him hear.” The Purpose of the Parables
10Then the
disciples came and
said to
him, “
Why do you
speak to
them in parables?”
11And he
answered them,
c“To you it has been given to know dthe secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. Luke 8:9-10
The Purpose of the Parables
9And when
his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
10he
said,
e“To you it has been given to know fthe secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so gthat ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
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