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Some fell into good soil, and when it grew it produced a hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, “If you have ears to hear, then hear!”(A)

The Purpose of the Parables

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.(B) 10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets[a] of the kingdom of God, but to others I speak[b] in parables, so that

‘looking they may not perceive
    and hearing they may not understand.’

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Footnotes

  1. 8.10 Or mysteries
  2. 8.10 Gk lacks I speak