And the angel who spoke with me replied, “Do you not know what these things are?” I said, “No, my lord.” An Oracle.
“It is not I,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God who will respond for the well-being of Pharaoh.”
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, far too lofty for me to reach.
To me also this mystery has been revealed; not that I am wiser than any other living person, but in order that its meaning may be made known to the king, that you may understand the thoughts of your own mind.
I asked, “What are these, my lord?” Then the angel who spoke with me answered, “I will show you what these are.”
Then the angel who spoke with me returned and aroused me, like one awakened from sleep.
He said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I answered, “No, my lord.”
Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, “What are these things, my lord?”
Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?