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