Still other seed fell on good ground; when it grew up, it produced fruit: a hundred times what was sown.”(A) As he said this, he called out, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”(B)

Why Jesus Used Parables

Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?” (C) 10 So he said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you(D) to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,
and hearing they may not understand.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:10 Is 6:9

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