Matthew 13:11
He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
10And his disciples approached, saying to him, Why dost thou speak to them in parables?
Cross References
Matthew 11:25IN that time Jeshu answered and said, I praise thee, my Father, the Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou hast concealed these (things) from the wise and prudent, but hast revealed them unto little children.
Matthew 19:11But he said to them, Not every man is sufficient for this doctrine, but he to whom it is given.
Luke 8:10But he said to them, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those who are the rest in similitudes is it spoken; that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.
John 6:65And he said to them, On account of this I told you that no man can come to me, unless it be given him of 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 →