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Luke 8:9-10
English Standard Version
Luke 8:9-10
English Standard Version
The Purpose of the Parables
9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he 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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Luke 8:9-10
Lexham English Bible
Luke 8:9-10
Lexham English Bible
The Reason for the Parables
9 And his disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 And he said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest they are in parables, so that
‘Seeing they may not see,
and hearing they may not understand.’[a]
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