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Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

10 He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’Isaiah 6:9

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The Purpose of the Parables(A)

His disciples asked Him, “What might this parable mean?” 10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others 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 Isa 6:9.