Proverbs 1:6
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Psalm 78:2
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Mark 4:11
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11 And he said to them, (A)“To you has been given (B)the secret of the kingdom of God, but for (C)those outside everything is in parables,
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Hebrews 5:14
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14 But solid food is for (A)the mature, for those who have their powers (B)of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
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Psalm 49:4
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Acts 8:30-31
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30 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 And he said, (A)“How can I, unless someone (B)guides me?” And (C)he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
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Mark 4:34
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34 He did not speak to them (A)without a parable, but (B)privately to his own disciples he (C)explained everything.
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2 Peter 3:16
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16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. (A)There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, (B)as they do the other Scriptures.
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Matthew 13:34-35
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Prophecy and Parables
34 (A)All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[a]
(B)“I will open my mouth in parables;
(C)I will utter what has been hidden (D)since the foundation of the world.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet
Matthew 13:10-17
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The Purpose of the Parables
10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And 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. 13 This 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. 14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
(G)“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
15 For this people's heart has grown dull,
and with their ears (H)they can barely hear,
and (I)their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and (J)understand with their heart
and (K)turn, and I would heal them.’
16 But (L)blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 (M)For truly, I say to you, (N)many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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Ecclesiastes 12:11
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11 (A)The words of the wise are like goads, and like (B)nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are (C)given by (D)one Shepherd.
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Numbers 12:8
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8 With him I speak (A)mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in (B)riddles, and he beholds (C)the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
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Matthew 13:51-52
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New and Old Treasures
51 (A)“Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.” 52 And he said to them, “Therefore every (B)scribe (C)who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who (D)brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
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