Matthew 13:10

And the disciples having come near, said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in allegories?”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

In Context

9He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”

11And He answering said to them that, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, and to these it has not been given,

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Cross References

Mark 4:10And when He was alone, those around Him, with the Twelve, asked Him of the allegory,

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 →

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