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Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
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Matthew 13:10 in other translations
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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In context
7 and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them;
8 and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.
9 He that has ears, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
11 And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;
12 for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
13 For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
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