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Matthew 13:10
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8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some aa hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.  
9 aHe who has ears to hear, let him hear!”  

The Purpose of Parables

10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
11 He answered and said to them, “Because ait has been given to you to know the1 mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.  
12 aFor whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.  
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
a‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not bperceive; 
15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears aare hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have bclosed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I1 should cheal them.’  
16 But ablessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;  
17 for assuredly, I say to you athat many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.  

The Parable of the Sower Explained

18 a“Therefore hear the parable of the sower:  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 13:10

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American Standard Version
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Amplified® Bible
Then the disciples came to Him and said, Why do You speak to them in parables?

Contemporary English Version
Jesus' disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you use nothing but stories when you speak to the people?"

Darby English Version
And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

Good News Bible
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?"

International Standard Version
Then the disciples came and said to Jesus, "Why do you speak to people in parables?"

King James Version
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

New American Standard Bible
And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"

New International Version
The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"

New King James Version
And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"

Young's Literal Translation
And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'


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