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Luke 8:9-10
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The Purpose of the Parables

9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, (A)“To you it has been given to know (B)the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so (C)that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

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Luke 8:9-10
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9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you,(A) but to others I speak in parables, so that,

“‘though seeing, they may not see;
    though hearing, they may not understand.’[a](B)

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  1. Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9
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Psalm 72:8
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8 May he have dominion from (A)sea to sea,
    and from (B)the River[a] to the (C)ends of the earth!

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  1. Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
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Psalm 72:8
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8 May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River[a](A) to the ends of the earth.(B)

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  1. Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates
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Matthew 13:34-35
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Prophecy and Parables

34 (A)All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[a]

(B)“I will open my mouth in parables;
    (C)I will utter what has been hidden (D)since the foundation of the world.”

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet
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Matthew 13:34-35
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34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.(A) 35 So was fulfilled(B) what was spoken through the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[a](C)

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2
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