Matthew 13:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Cross References

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep; he has closed your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).

Isaiah 29:11

The vision of all this has become for you like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to those who can read with the command, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot, for it is sealed.”

Isaiah 35:8

A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God’s people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.

Matthew 13:10

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

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.

Matthew 19:11

But he said to them, “Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given.

Matthew 20:23

He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

Mark 10:40

but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to appoint, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

Mark 4:11

And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything comes in parables,

Luke 8:10

He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others I speak in parables, so that ‘looking they may not perceive and hearing they may not understand.’

John 6:65

And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.”

John 7:17

Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

Acts 16:14

A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul.

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.

Romans 16:25

Now to God who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages

1 Corinthians 13:2

And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Look, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed,

1 Corinthians 2:14

Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we speak God’s wisdom, a hidden mystery, which God decreed before the ages for our glory

1 Corinthians 4:1

Think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive?

Ephesians 1:18

so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,

Ephesians 1:9

he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

Ephesians 6:19

Pray also for me, so that when I speak a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

Colossians 2:2

I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ,

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 3:9

they must hold fast to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.

1 John 2:20

But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.