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

¹⁰ 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

¹⁰ And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Then the disciples came to Him and said, Why do You speak to them in parables?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Jesus’ disciples came and said to him, “Why do you use parables when you speak to the crowds?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ 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

¹⁰ 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.