Matthew 13:11
Jesus answered them, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
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In Context
10Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do yoʋ speak to the people in parables?”
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus said, “I praise yoʋ, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because yoʋ have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to infants.
Matthew 19:11But Jesus said to them, “Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it is given.
Luke 8:10He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables, so that ‘they may see but not perceive, and hear but not understand.’
John 6:65Then he said, “That is why I told 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 →