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Matthew 13:10
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

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Matthew 13:11
He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Psalms 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

John 16:25
“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

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Mark 4:10
When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Mark 4:11
He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

Mark 4:34
Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

Luke 8:9
Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

Luke 8:10
He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

Matthew 15:15
Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

Mark 7:17
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Proverbs 13:20
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

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Jude 1:4
For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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