Matthew 13:10-13

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The Purpose of the Parables

¹⁰Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” ¹¹And he answered them, ^(A)“To you it has been given to know ^(B)the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. ¹²^(C)For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, ^(D)even what he has will be taken away. ¹³This is why I speak to them in parables, because ^(E)seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, ^(F)nor do they understand.

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Mark 4:10-12

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The Purpose of the Parables

¹⁰And ^(A)when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. ¹¹And he said to them, ^(B)“To you has been given ^(C)the secret of the kingdom of God, but for ^(D)those outside everything is in parables, ¹²^(E)so that

“‘they ^(F)may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they ^(G)should turn and be forgiven.’”

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Luke 8:9-10

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The Purpose of the Parables

⁹And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, ¹⁰he 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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