Luke 8:9-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Purpose of the Parables
9 Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.(A) 10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets[a] of the kingdom of God, but to others I speak[b] in parables, so that
‘looking they may not perceive
and hearing they may not understand.’
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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