Matthew 13:11
He answered, and said to them: Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
10And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to them in parables?
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said: I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.
Matthew 19:11But he said to them: All can not accept this saying; only those to whom it is given.
Luke 8:10He replied: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that when they see, they may not see, and when they hear, they may not understand.
John 6:65And he said: For this reason I said to you: No one can come to me unless it be given him from my Father.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24
The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →