Why Jesus Used Parables

Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”(A) 10 So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you(B) to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,
and hearing they may not understand.(C)[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 Is 6:9

The Reason for the Parables

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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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 A quotation from Isa 6:9