Luke 8:9-10
New American Standard Bible
9 (A)Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable [a]meant. 10 And He said, “(B)To you it has been granted to know the [b]mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest they are told in parables, so that [c](C)while seeing they may not see, and [d]while hearing they may not understand.
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Luke 8:9-10
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The Purpose of the Parables(A)
9 Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant. 10 So he said, “You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given[a] in parables, so that
‘they might look but not see,
and they might listen but not understand.’”[b]
Footnotes
- Luke 8:10 The Gk. lacks they are given
- Luke 8:10 Cf. Isa 6:9-10
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