The Reason for the Parables

10 And the disciples came up and[a] said to him, “Why[b] do you speak to them in parables?”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:10 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 13:10 Literally “because of what”

13 For this reason I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand, 14 and with reference to them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says,

You will listen carefully[a] and will never understand,
    and you will look closely[b] and will never perceive.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:14 Literally “with hearing you will hear”
  2. Matthew 13:14 Literally “seeing you will see”