Luke 8:9-10

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The Purpose of the Parables

⁹And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, ¹⁰he said, ^(A)“To you it has been given to know ^(B)the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so ^(C)that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

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Psalm 72:8

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⁸May he have dominion from ^(A)sea to sea,
and from ^(B)the River^[a] to the ^(C)ends of the earth!

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Footnotes

Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates

Psalm 72:8 in all English translations

Matthew 13:34-35

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Prophecy and Parables

³⁴^(A)All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. ³⁵This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:^[a]

^(B)“I will open my mouth in parables;
^(C)I will utter what has been hidden ^(D)since the foundation of the world.”

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