Matthew 13:10
And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
In Context
9He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Cross References
Mark 4:10And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.
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 →