The Purpose of Parables(A)

(B)Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”

10 And He said, “To you it has been given to know the [a]mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that

(C)‘Seeing they may not see,
And hearing they may not understand.’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 secret or hidden truths

Now de his autos disciples mathētēs were questioning eperōtaō him autos · ho as to what tis this houtos parable parabolē meant eimi. · ho 10 He ho · de said legō, “ To you hymeis it has been given didōmi to know ginōskō the ho secrets mystērion of the ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos, but de to the ho rest loipos I speak in en parables parabolē, so hina that seeing blepō they may not see blepō, and kai hearing akouō they may not understand syniēmi.

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