Luke 8:9-10
New Living Translation
9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets[a] of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables to teach the others so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled:
‘When they look, they won’t really see.
When they hear, they won’t understand.’[b]
Luke 8:9-10
International Standard Version
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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