Matthew 13:10

New International Version

The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”

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He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Whoever has ears, let them hear.”

When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.

His disciples asked him what this parable meant.