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  • Matthew 13:10-17
    And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
    " Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
    And seeing you will see and not perceive;
    For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
    Their ears are hard of hearing,
    And their eyes they have closed,
    Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
    Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
    So that I should heal them." But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
     
  • Matthew 13:34-35
    All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
    “ I will open My mouth in parables;
    I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
     
  • Matthew 13:4
    And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
     
  • Matthew 13:31
    Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field,
     
  • Psalm 78:2
    I will open my mouth in a parable;
    I will utter dark sayings of old,

     
  • Mark 4:11-12
    And He said to them, 'To you it has been given to 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.''
     
  • Luke 8:9-10
    Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?” And He said, 'To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that
    ' Seeing they may not see,
    And hearing they may not understand.'
     


Related Scriptures

  • Matthew 11:25
    At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.