Matthew 13:11
He answered and said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
10And the disciples approached and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
Matthew 19:11But He said to them, “All cannot accept this saying, but it is for those to whom it has been given:
Luke 8:10And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest they are in parables, that 1 ‘Seeing they may not see, 1 And hearing they may not understand.’ 1 The Parable of the Sower Explained
John 6:65And He said, “Because of this I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by 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 →