The Reason For The Parables

⁹ And his disciples asked him, saying, "What manner similitude is this?" ¹⁰ And he said, "Unto you is it given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God: but to others in similitudes, that when they see, they should not see, and when they hear they should not understand. ¹¹ The similitude is this: The seed is the word of God.

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Isaiah 6:9

And so he said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; ye shall plainly see, and not perceive.

Matthew 11:25

At that time, Jesus answered and said, "I praise thee, O father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast opened them unto babes,

Romans 16:25

To him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel and preaching of Jesus Christ, in uttering of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began,

Deuteronomy 29:4

And yet the LORD hath not given you a heart to perceive, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear unto this day.

Psalm 25:14

The secret of the LORD is among them that fear him, and he showeth them his covenant.

Isaiah 29:14

therefore will I also show unto this people a marvelous, terrible, and great thing - Namely this: I will destroy the wisdom of their wise, and the understanding of their learned men shall perish."

Isaiah 44:18

Yet men neither consider nor understand; because their eyes are stopped that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they can not perceive.

Jeremiah 5:21

"Hear this, thou foolish and indiscreet people: ye have eyes, but ye see not; ears have ye, but ye hear not.

Matthew 13:11-17

He answered, and said unto them, "It is given unto you to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered, and said to him, "Happy art thou, Simon the son of Jonas, for flesh and blood hath not opened unto thee that, but my father which is in heaven.

Mark 4:11

And he said unto them, "To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: But unto them that are without, shall all things be done in similitudes:

Luke 10:21-24

That same time rejoiced Jesus in the holy ghost, and said, "I confess unto thee father Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast opened them to the babes. Even so, father, for so pleased it thee.

John 12:40

"He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts: that they should not see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted and I should heal them."

Acts 28:26-27

saying, 'Go unto this people and say: with your ears shall ye hear, and shall not understand: and with your eyes shall ye see and shall not perceive.

Romans 11:7-10

What then? Israel hath not obtained that that he sought. No but yet the election hath obtained it. The remnant are blinded,

1 Corinthians 2:7-11

but we speak the wisdom of God, which is in secret and lieth hid, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

1 Corinthians 12:11

and these all worketh even the self same spirit, dividing to every man several gifts even as he will.

Ephesians 3:3-9

For by revelation showed he this mystery unto me, as I wrote above in few words,

Colossians 1:26-28

that mystery, hid since the world began, and since the beginning of generations: But now is opened to his saints,

Colossians 2:2

that their hearts might be comforted and knit together in love, and in all riches of full understanding, for to know the mystery of God the father and of Christ:

1 Timothy 3:16

And without nay, great is that mystery of godliness. God was showed in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached unto the gentiles, was believed on in earth and received up in glory.

1 Peter 1:10-12

Of which salvation have the prophets enquired, and searched, which prophesied of the grace that should come unto you;