Luke 8:9
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.
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Luke 8:9
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.
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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.
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 4:12
So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.
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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?
Proverbs 4:7
The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
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.
Mark 4:34
And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
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.
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Luke 8:11
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 8:12
Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.
Luke 8:13
And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
Matthew 13:18
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
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Luke 8:5
A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.
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Luke 8:8
And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.
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