Matthew 13:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Jesus’ disciples came and said to Him, “why are you speaking to them [i.e., the large crowds] by using parables?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Jesus’ disciples came and said to him, “Why do you use parables when you speak to the crowds?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And his disciples drew near to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?

Matthew 13:10 Cross References

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “You disciples are being given an understanding of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but the crowds of people are not.

Matthew 13:3

And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, “once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.

Matthew 13:9

The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.”

Mark 4:10

And when He was alone those people who gathered around Him, along with the twelve apostles, asked Him what the parables meant.

Luke 8:9

Then Jesus’ disciples asked Him what this parable meant.