Matthew 13:11

Bible in Basic English 1965

And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Cross References

Psalm 25:14

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

Isaiah 29:11

And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut:

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

Matthew 13:10

And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

Matthew 19:11

But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

Matthew 20:23

They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.

Mark 10:40

But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.

Mark 4:11

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

Luke 8:10

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

John 6:65

And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.

John 7:17

If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes fromfrom God or from myself.

Acts 16:14

And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

Romans 11:25

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

Romans 16:25

But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

1 Corinthians 13:2

And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:51

See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

1 Corinthians 2:14

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

1 Corinthians 4:1

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

Ephesians 1:18

And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,

Ephesians 1:9

Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

Ephesians 6:19

And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

Colossians 2:2

So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

1 Timothy 3:16

And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 3:9

Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.

James 1:5

But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

1 John 2:20

And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.