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Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be. 10 He answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that ‘they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.’(A)

The Parable of the Sower Explained.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:11–15 On the interpretation of the parable of the sower, see note on Mt 13:18–23.

His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you,(A) but to others I speak in parables, so that,

“‘though seeing, they may not see;
    though hearing, they may not understand.’[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9