Matthew 13:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

General references

Bible References

Because

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants.

Then Jesus told him, "How blessed you are, Simon son of Jonah, since flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, though my Father in heaven has.

The LORD is good and just; therefore he will teach sinners concerning the way.

For the LORD has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep he has closed your eyes, you prophets, he has covered your heads, you seers!"

"A highway will be there yes, there and people will call it "The Holy Way'. As for unclean people, they will not journey on it, but it will be for whomever is traveling on that Way not even fools will get lost.

He told them, "The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables

So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given in parables, so that "they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"

She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.

If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple goods, was listening to us. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to listen carefully to what was being said by Paul.

These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.

But as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him."

For who makes you superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not receive it?

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.

The anointing you received from God abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you this. Instead, because God's anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not a lie, abide in him, as he taught you to do.

Mysteries

Now to the one who is able to strengthen you with my gospel and the message that I preach about Jesus, the Messiah, by revealing the secret that was kept hidden from long ago

Instead, we speak about God's wisdom in a hidden secret, which God destined before the world began for our glory.

Think of us as servants of the Messiah and as servant managers entrusted with God's secrets.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can understand all secrets and every form of knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains but have no love, I am nothing.

Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed

when he made known to us the secret of his will. This was according to his plan that he set forth in the Messiah

and how this secret was made known to me through a revelation, just as I wrote about briefly in the past.

This is a great secret, but I am talking about the Messiah and the church.

Pray also for me, so that, when I begin to speak, the right words will come to me. Then I will boldly make known the secret of the gospel,

This secret was hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints,

Because they are united in love, I pray that their hearts may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of the full knowledge of the Messiah, who is the mystery of God.

They must hold firmly to the secret of the faith with clear consciences.

General references

Yet to this day, the LORD hasn't given you a heart that understands, eyes that perceive, and ears that discern.

"Because you're the one who closed their hearts to compassion; therefore, you won't let them triumph.

Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge.

Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning.

Then the eyes of those who can see won't turn away, and the ears of those who can hear will listen.

"Listen, then, to the parable about the farmer.