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Luke 8:9-11
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Why Jesus Used Stories

(Matthew 13.10-17; Mark 4.10-12)

9 Jesus' disciples asked him what the story meant. 10 (A) So he answered:

I have explained the secrets about God's kingdom to you. But for others I use stories, so they will look, but not see, and they will hear, but not understand.

Jesus Explains the Story about a Farmer

(Matthew 13.18-23; Mark 4.13-20)

11 This is what the story means: The seed is God's message,

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Luke 8:9-11
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9 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,(A) but to others I speak in parables, so that,

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

11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.(C)

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  1. Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9
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