and he was saying unto them - To you, the sacred secret hath been given of the kingdom of God, whereas, to them who are outside, in parables are all things coming to pass, - that

And, running near, Philip heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said - Dost thou, then, understand what thou art reading?

The words

The words of the wise, are as goads, yea, as driven nails, their well-ordered sayings, - given from one shepherd.

Dark

I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.

I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; -

All these things, spake Jesus in parables, unto the multitudes, and, without a parable, was he speaking, nothing, unto them:

But, to such as are mature, pertaineth, the strong food, to them who, by reason of habit, have their organs of perception well trained for discriminating both good and evil.

As also, in all letters, speaking in them concerning these things, - in which letters are some things, hard to be understood, which, the uninstructed and unstable, wrest, - as also the other scriptures, - unto their own destruction.

General references

Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity - every noble course.