Why Jesus Used Parables

Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”(A) 10 So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you(B) to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,
and hearing they may not understand.(C)[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 Is 6:9

The Son Reveals the Father

21 In that same hour(A) He[a] rejoiced in the Holy[b] Spirit(B) and said, “I praise[c] You, Father,(C) Lord of heaven and earth,(D) because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned(E) and have revealed them to infants.(F) Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.[d](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:21 Other mss read Jesus
  2. Luke 10:21 Other mss omit Holy
  3. Luke 10:21 Or thank, or confess
  4. Luke 10:21 Lit was well-pleasing in Your sight

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