The Purpose of the Parables
9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, Matt. 19:11;Col. 1:27;[1 Cor. 2:6-10;1 John 2:20,27]; See Matt. 11:25"To you it has been given to know See Rom. 16:25the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so Isa. 6:9,10;See Matt. 13:13that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’