Matthew 13:11
And 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.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
10And the disciples came nigh, and said to him, Why speakest thou in parables to them?
Cross References
Psalms 25:8The Lord is sweet and rightful; for this cause he shall give a law to men trespassing in the way. (The Lord is good and upright; and for this reason he hath given a way forward for those who trespass./The Lord is good and righteous; and for this reason he hath given a way back for those who trespass.)
Isaiah 29:10For the Lord hath meddled to you the spirit of sleep; he shall close your eyes, and [he] shall cover your prophets, and princes that see visions. (For the Lord hath mixed for you the spirit of sleep; he shall close your eyes, that is, your prophets, and he shall cover your heads, that is, your leaders, who see visions.)
Matthew 11:25In that time Jesus answered, and said, I acknowledge to thee, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for thou hast hid these things from wise men, and ready, [or wary, or prudent, or sly], (or for thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent), and hast showed them to little children;
Matthew 19:11And he said to them, Not all men take this word; (no) but they to which it is given. (And he said to them, Everyone cannot receive this word; only those to whom it is given.)
Luke 8:10And 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.
John 6:65And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man may come to me, [no] but it were given to him of my Father (or unless it was 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 →