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He who has ears,[a] let him hear.”

The Purpose of the Parables

10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:9 Other ancient authorities add here and in verse 43 to hear

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