The Purpose of Parables
10 Matt. 13:10; Luke 8:9But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. 11 And He said to them, "To you it has been given to (Matt. 11:25; 1 Cor. 2:10–16; 2 Cor. 4:6)know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to (1 Cor. 5:12, 13; Col. 4:5; 1 Thess. 4:12; 1 Tim. 3:7)those who are outside, all things come in parables,12 so that
Is. 6:9, 10; 43:8; Jer. 5:21; Ezek. 12:2; Matt. 13:14; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Rom. 11:8‘Seeing they may see and not perceive,
And hearing they may hear and not understand;
Lest they should turn,
Andtheirsins be forgiven them.’ "