10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the [a]secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables, that when (A)they see, they should not see, and when they hear, they should not understand.

11 (B)The parable is this, The seed is the word of God.

12 And they that are beside the way, are they that hear: afterward cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe, and be saved.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 Those things are called secret, which may not be uttered: for the word used here, is as much as we say in our tongue, to hold a man’s peace.

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