Matthew 13:10-13

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An Explanation

¹⁰Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?” ¹¹Jesus replied to them, “To you it has been granted to know the ^[a]mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.^(A) ¹²For whoever has [spiritual wisdom because he is receptive to God’s word], to him more will be given, and he will be richly and abundantly supplied; but whoever does not have [spiritual wisdom because he has devalued God’s word], even what he has will be taken away from him.^(B) ¹³This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].

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Footnotes

Matthew 13:11 Things which humans cannot know or discover on their own unless God reveals it to them.

Mark 12:1

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Parable of the Vineyard Owner

12 Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a ^[a]wall around it, and dug a pit for the wine press and built a tower; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.^(A)

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