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Matthew 13:10
New Catholic Bible
Matthew 13:10
New Catholic Bible
10 The Reason for Parables.[a] Then his disciples approached and asked him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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- Matthew 13:10 The parables make use of a language that is clear and rich for those whose heart is open but obscure and deceptive for those whose heart is closed. Already Jesus sees the new community, where his message is richness of life, separating itself from official Judaism, which will lose even that which it has, i.e., its role as custodian of God’s Covenant. The Word of Christ always works in a twofold way; it fills those who accept it but leads to the hardening up of those who refuse it.
Matthew 13:10
New International Version
Matthew 13:10
New International Version
10 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
Matthew 13:10
New King James Version
Matthew 13:10
New King James Version
The Purpose of Parables(A)
10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
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Matthew 13:10
English Standard Version
Matthew 13:10
English Standard Version
The Purpose of the Parables
10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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