The Purpose of the Parables
10 And ver. 34when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, Matt. 19:11;Col. 1:27;[1 Cor. 2:6-10;1 John 2:20,27]; See Matt. 11:25"To you has been given See Rom. 16:25the secret of the kingdom of God, but for 1 Cor. 5:12,13;Col. 4:5;1 Thess. 4:12;1 Tim. 3:7those outside everything is in parables,12 Isa. 6:9,10so that
"‘they Deut. 29:4;Jer. 5:21;Ezek. 12:2;Rom. 11:8;2 Cor. 3:14;4:4;[Isa. 42:19,20] may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they See Luke 22:32should turn and be forgiven.’"