Matthew 13:10–15 · BSB
13:10
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
13:11
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
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13:12
Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
13:13
This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
13:14
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
13:15
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
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