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Luke 8:9
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Luke 8:9
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The Purpose of the Parables
9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
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Luke 8:9
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Luke 8:9
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9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
John 15:15
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John 15:15
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15 (A)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (B)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (C)all that I have heard from my Father (D)I have made known to you.
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- John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20
John 15:15
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John 15:15
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15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(A)
Mark 4:10
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Mark 4:10
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The Purpose of the Parables
10 And (A)when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
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Mark 4:10
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10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.
Matthew 13:18
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Matthew 13:18
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Matthew 13:18
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Matthew 13:18
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18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:
Matthew 13:10
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Matthew 13:10
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The Purpose of the Parables
10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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Matthew 13:10
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Matthew 13:10
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10 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
Mark 7:17-18
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Mark 7:17-18
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17 And when he had entered (A)the house and left the people, (B)his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then (C)are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,
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Mark 7:17-18
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17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him(A) about this parable. 18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
Mark 4:34
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Mark 4:34
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34 He did not speak to them (A)without a parable, but (B)privately to his own disciples he (C)explained everything.
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Mark 4:34
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Mark 4:34
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34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(A) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Matthew 15:15
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Matthew 15:15
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15 But Peter said to him, (A)“Explain the parable to us.”
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Matthew 15:15
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15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”(A)
Matthew 13:36
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Matthew 13:36
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The Parable of the Weeds Explained
36 Then he left the crowds and went into (A)the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, (B)“Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
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Matthew 13:36
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Matthew 13:36
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The Parable of the Weeds Explained
36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable(A) of the weeds in the field.”
Hosea 6:3
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Hosea 6:3
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