Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”

When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(A)

His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you,(B) but to others I speak in parables, so that,

“‘though seeing, they may not see;
    though hearing, they may not understand.’[a](C)

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  1. Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9

But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded [a]a crop a hundredfold.” When He had said these things He cried, (A)“He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

The Purpose of Parables(B)

(C)Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”

10 And He said, “To you it has been given to know the [b]mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that

(D)‘Seeing they may not see,
And hearing they may not understand.’

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  1. Luke 8:8 Lit. fruit
  2. Luke 8:10 secret or hidden truths

Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, “Let anyone with ears to hear listen!”

The Purpose of the Parables

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets[a] of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak[b] in parables, so that

‘looking they may not perceive,
    and listening they may not understand.’

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  1. Luke 8:10 Or mysteries
  2. Luke 8:10 Gk lacks I speak

And other seed fell on good ground and sprang up and yielded a hundred times the amount sown.”

When He had said these things, He cried out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

The Purpose of the Parables(A)

His disciples asked Him, “What might this parable mean?” 10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are in parables, so that

‘seeing they may not see,
    and hearing they may not understand.’[a]

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  1. Luke 8:10 Isa 6:9.