Matthew 13:11-13
He answered, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but they are not.
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus said all this to the crowds in figures, and told them nothing except in figures,
Mark 4:34
He said nothing to them except in figures, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.
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Summary
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
I will
Dark sayings
General references
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I will
Matthew 13:13
This is why I speak to them in figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or understand.
Dark sayings
Matthew 13:11
He answered, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but they are not.
Mark 4:34
He said nothing to them except in figures, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.
General references
Matthew 5:2
he opened his lips to teach them. And he said,
Mark 4:22
For no one hides anything except for the purpose of sometime bringing it to light again, and people keep things secret only to reveal them some day.