¹¹ He answered them, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it has not been given to them. ¹² For whoever has will be given even more, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ¹³ This is why I speak to them in parables, because even though they see, they do not see; and even though they hear, they do not hear or understand.