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Matthew 13:10
And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
Matthew 13:10 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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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 among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.
8 And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold.
9 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
11 Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.
12 For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.
13 Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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