Luke 8:10
And he said to them, To you it is granted to know the private [or the mystery] of the kingdom of God (or To you it is granted to know the secret of the Kingdom of God); but to other men (I speak) in parables, (so) that they seeing see not, and they hearing understand not.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
9But his disciples asked him, what this parable was.
11And this is the parable. The seed is God’s word;
Cross References
Psalms 25:14The Lord is a firmness to men dreading him; and his testament is, that it be showed to them. (The Lord shall share his secrets with those who fear him or with those who revere him; and he shall show his covenant to them.)
Isaiah 29:14therefore lo! I shall add, that I make [great] wondering to this people, in a great miracle and wonderful, (or and so behold! I shall add, that I make a great wonder before this people, yea, a great and wonderful miracle); for why wisdom shall perish from (the) wise men thereof, and the understanding of prudent men thereof shall be hid.
Jeremiah 5:21Hear, thou fond people, that hast none heart; which have eyes, and see not, and ears, and hear not. (Listen, O foolish people, ye who have no heart; yea, ye who have eyes, but cannot see, and ears, but cannot hear.)
Matthew 13:11And he answered, and said to them, For to you it is given to know the privates [or the mysteries] of the kingdom of heavens, (or For to you it is given to know the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven); but it is not given to them.
Mark 4:11And he said to them, To you it is given to know the private [or the mystery] of the kingdom of God (or To you it is given to know the secret of the Kingdom of God). But to them that be withoutforth, all things be made in parables,
John 12:40He hath blinded their eyes, and hath made hard the heart (s) of them, (so) that they see not with (their) eyes, and understand [not] with (their) heart (s); and that they be converted, and I heal them.
Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22
The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →