Matthew 13:11

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Jesus answered, “Only you can know the secret truths about God’s kingdom. Those other people cannot know these secret truths.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:14

People who do not have God’s Spirit do not accept the things that come from his Spirit. They think these things are foolish. They cannot understand them, because they can only be understood with the Spirit’s help.

Matthew 19:11

He answered, “This statement is true for some, but not for everyone—only for those who have been given this gift.

James 1:5

Do any of you need wisdom? Ask God for it. He is generous and enjoys giving to everyone. So he will give you wisdom.

1 John 2:27

Christ gave you a special gift. You still have this gift in you. So you don’t need anyone to teach you. The gift he gave you teaches you about everything. It is a true gift, not a false one. So continue to live in Christ, as his gift taught you.

1 John 2:20

You have the gift that the Holy One gave you. So you all know the truth.

Matthew 16:17

Jesus answered, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah. No one taught you that. My Father in heaven showed you who I am.

Ephesians 1:9

he let us know his secret plan. This was what God wanted, and he planned to do it through Christ.

Isaiah 35:8

There will be a road there. This highway will be called “The Holy Road.” Evil people will not be allowed to walk on that road. No fools will walk on it. Only good people will walk there.

Ephesians 5:32

That secret truth is very important—I am talking about Christ and the church.

Romans 16:25

Praise God! He is the one who can make you strong in faith. He can use the Good News that I teach to make you strong. It is the message about Jesus Christ that I tell people. That message is the secret truth that was hidden for ages and ages but has been made known.

Luke 8:10

He said, “You have been chosen to know the secret truths about God’s kingdom. But I use stories to speak to other people. I do this so that ‘They will look, but they will not see, and they will listen, but they will not understand.’ Isaiah 6:9

1 Corinthians 15:51

But listen, I tell you this secret: We will not all die, but we will all be changed.

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we speak God’s secret wisdom that has been hidden from everyone until now. God planned this wisdom for our glory. He planned it before the world began.

John 6:65

Jesus said, “That is why I said, ‘Anyone the Father does not help to come to me cannot come.’”

1 Timothy 3:9

They must follow the true faith that God has now made known to us and always do what they know is right.

1 Corinthians 13:2

I may have the gift of prophecy, I may understand all secrets and know everything there is to know, and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all this, if I don’t have love, I am nothing.

Mark 4:11

Jesus said, “Only you can know the secret truth about God’s kingdom. But to those other people I tell everything by using stories.

Colossians 2:2

I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love and to have the full confidence that comes from understanding. I want them to know completely the secret truth that God has made known. That truth is Christ himself.

Ephesians 6:19

Also pray for me—that when I speak, God will give me words so that I can tell the secret truth about the Good News without fear.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who do you think you are? Everything you have was given to you. So, if everything you have was given to you, why do you act as if you got it all by your own power?

1 Corinthians 4:1

You should think of us as servants of Christ, the ones God has trusted to do the work of making known his secret truths.

John 7:17

People who really want to do what God wants will know that my teaching comes from God. They will know that this teaching is not my own.

Psalm 25:14

The Lord tells his secrets to his followers. He teaches them about his agreement.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without a doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great: Christ was shown to us in human form; the Spirit proved that he was right; he was seen by angels. The message about him was told to the nations; people in the world believed in him; he was taken up to heaven in glory.

Ephesians 1:18

I pray that God will open your minds to see his truth. Then you will know the hope that he has chosen us to have. You will know that the blessings God has promised his holy people are rich and glorious.

Isaiah 29:10

The Lord will make you sleepy. He will close your eyes. (The prophets are your eyes.) He will cover your heads. (The prophets are your heads.)

Acts 16:14

There was a woman there named Lydia from the city of Thyatira. Her job was selling purple cloth. She was a worshiper of the true God. Lydia was listening to Paul, and the Lord opened her heart to accept what Paul was saying.

Isaiah 29:11

To you my words are like the words in a book that is closed and sealed. You can give the book to someone who can read and tell that person to read it. But that person will say, “I cannot read the book. It is closed and I cannot open it.”

Matthew 13:10

The followers came to Jesus and asked, “Why do you use these stories to teach the people?”

Matthew 20:23

Jesus said to them, “It is true that you will drink from the cup that I drink from. But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or my left. My Father has decided who will do that. He has prepared those places for them.”

Mark 10:40

But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or my left. God has prepared those places for the ones he chooses.”

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this secret truth, brothers and sisters. This truth will help you understand that you don’t know everything. The truth is this: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when enough non-Jewish people have come to God.