Matthew 13:11

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Summary

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

Because

Mysteries

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Bible References

Because

At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

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;

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.

And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.

Mysteries

Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,

But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.

General references

But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.