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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.’  
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Matthew 13:11

To know the mysteries (gnwnai ta musthria). Second aorist active infinitive of ginwskw. The word musthrion is from musthv, one initiated, and that from muew (muw), to close or shut (Latin, mutus). The mystery-religions of the east had all sorts of secrets and signs as secret societies do today. But those initiated knew them. So the disciples have been initiated into the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. Paul will use it freely of the mystery once hidden, but now revealed, now made known in Christ (Romans 16:25; I Corinthians 2:7, etc.). In Philippians 4:12 Paul says: "I have learned the secret or been initiated" (memuhmai). So Jesus here explains that his parables are open to the disciples, but shut to the Pharisees with their hostile minds. In the Gospels musthrion is used only here and in the parallel passages (Mark 4:11; Luke 8:10).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 13:11:

Matthew 13:3
Matthew 13:18
Mark 4:11
Luke 8:10
Romans 11:25
1 Corinthians 4:1
Colossians 1:26
2 Thessalonians 2:7
Revelation 1:20

 

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