Matthew 13:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the disciples came and asked him, “Why do you speak to them in 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 answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Matthew 13:3

And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:9

If you have ears, hear!”

Mark 4:10

When he was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Luke 8:9

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.