Matthew 13:11
And 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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In Context
10And the disciples having come near, said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in allegories?”
Cross References
Psalms 25:8Good and upright [is] YHWH, || Therefore He directs sinners in the way.
Isaiah 29:10For YHWH has poured out a spirit of deep sleep on you, || And He closes your eyes—the prophets, || And your heads—the seers—He covered.
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answering said, “I confess to You, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that You hid these things from wise and understanding ones, and revealed them to babies.
Matthew 19:11And He said to them, “All do not receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;
Luke 8:10And He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in allegories, that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
John 6:65and He said, “Because of this I have said to you, No one is able to come to Me if it may not have been 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 →