Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
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Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
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Matthew 13:11
And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 13:12
Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Matthew 13:13
For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
Matthew 13:14
And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
Matthew 13:15
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
Matthew 13:16
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
Matthew 13:17
For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
Matthew 13:51
Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.
Luke 8:10
And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
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Mark 4:10
And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
Mark 4:34
And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
Matthew 13:36
Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.
Luke 8:9
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.
Matthew 13:18
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
Matthew 15:15
Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
Mark 7:17
And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
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Matthew 13:34
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
Matthew 13:35
That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
Psalms 49:4
I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
Psalms 78:2
Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
Proverbs 1:6
To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
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Matthew 13:6
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.
Matthew 13:7
And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
Matthew 13:8
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
Matthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him give ear.
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Matthew 13:3
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
John 16:25
All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.
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Jude 1:4
For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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