Matthew 13:11

The Reason For The Parables

¹⁰ And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories? ¹¹ And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. ¹² Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Kingdom of Heaven

Jesus

1 John 2:27

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.

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

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.

Matthew 16:17

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.

Matthew 19:11

But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

Romans 16:25

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,

1 Corinthians 2:7

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;

1 Corinthians 2:14

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

1 John 2:20

And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.

Psalm 25:8-9

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

Psalm 25:14

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

Isaiah 29:10

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.

Isaiah 35:8

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.

Matthew 11:25-26

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.

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;

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.

Luke 10:39-42

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

John 6:65

And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.

John 7:17

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.

Acts 16:14

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.

Acts 17:11-12

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.

1 Corinthians 4:1

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

1 Corinthians 4:7

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?

1 Corinthians 13:2

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.

1 Corinthians 15:51

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.

Ephesians 1:9

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

Ephesians 1:18

And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,

Ephesians 3:3-9

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

Ephesians 5:32

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

Ephesians 6:19

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,

Colossians 1:26-27

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

Colossians 2:2

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,

1 Timothy 3:9

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

1 Timothy 3:16

And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.

James 1:5

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.

James 1:16-18

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.