And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.


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Mark 4 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Mark 4 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Matthew 13 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Isaiah 6 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Matthew 13 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Luke 12 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
Luke 8 9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Matthew 13 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Mark 4 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Ezekiel 20 49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
1 Corinthians 14 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
Acts 28 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
Ezekiel 24 19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
Luke 15 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
John 10 6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
Luke 24 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Mark 4 33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
John 6 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
Mark 8 21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Matthew 15 15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
Mark 4 34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Matthew 15 16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Matthew 13 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Proverbs 14 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Zechariah 4 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Proverbs 15 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Romans 15 21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
Isaiah 44 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 29 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Matthew 22 1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
Acts 8 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
1 Corinthians 2 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Ephesians 3 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ
Numbers 24 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
John 3 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
Matthew 13 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
Acts 26 26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
1 Kings 10 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
Luke 19 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
Ephesians 3 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; as I wrote afore in few words,
Daniel 5 8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Luke 8 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
1 Corinthians 2 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
John 3 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
2 Chronicles 9 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
John 13 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
Numbers 24 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Luke 24 25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
2 Peter 3 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.