Matthew 13:11
He answered them, It has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
10And the disciples came, and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
Matthew 19:11But he said to them, Not all men can receive this saying, only those to whom it is given.
Luke 8:10And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others it is in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
John 6:65And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no one can come to me, unless it is granted to him by the 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 →