11 He answered and said to them, “Because (A)it has been given to you to know the [a]mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:11 secret or hidden truths

11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven(A) has been given to you,(B) but not to them.

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13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

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13 This is why I speak to them in parables:

“Though seeing, they do not see;
    though hearing, they do not hear or understand.(A)

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