• Matthew 13:10-11
  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.
   
• Matthew 13:16
  But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
   
• John 6:44
  No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
   
• 1 Corinthians 1:26-27
  For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
   
• 2 Corinthians 3:13-16
  unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
   
• 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.
   

Related Scriptures

• Matthew 13:13-15
  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."
   
• 1 Corinthians 1:18
  For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
   
• Ephesians 2:8
  For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
   
• John 8:43-44
  Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
   
• John 8:47
  He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."