Bible Cross References
a proverb
Matthew 13:10-17
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Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?"
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Jesus answered, "The knowledge about the secrets of the Kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
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For the person who has something will be given more, so that he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing will have taken away from him even the little he has.
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The reason I use parables in talking to them is that they look, but do not see, and they listen, but do not hear or understand.
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So the prophecy of Isaiah applies to them: 'This people will listen and listen, but not understand; they will look and look, but not see,
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because their minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.'
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"As for you, how fortunate you are! Your eyes see and your ears hear.
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I assure you that many prophets and many of God's people wanted very much to see what you see, but they could not, and to hear what you hear, but they did not.
Matthew 13:51-17
Matthew 13:52-17
Mark 4:11
"You have been given the secret of the Kingdom of God," Jesus answered. "But the others, who are on the outside, hear all things by means of parables,
Mark 4:34
He would not speak to them without using parables, but when he was alone with his disciples, he would explain everything to them.
Acts 8:30
Philip ran over and heard him reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. He asked him, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
Acts 8:31
The official replied, "How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?" And he invited Philip to climb up and sit in the carriage with him.
the words
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep, and collected proverbs are as lasting as firmly driven nails. They have been given by God, the one Shepherd of us all.
dark
Psalm 49:4
I will turn my attention to proverbs and explain their meaning as I play the harp.
Psalm 78:2
I am going to use wise sayings and explain mysteries from the past,
Matthew 13:34
Jesus used parables to tell all these things to the crowds; he would not say a thing to them without using a parable.
Matthew 13:35
He did this to make come true what the prophet had said, "I will use parables when I speak to them; I will tell them things unknown since the creation of the world."
Hebrews 5:14
Solid food, on the other hand, is for adults, who through practice are able to distinguish between good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
This is what he says in all his letters when he writes on the subject. There are some difficult things in his letters which ignorant and unstable people explain falsely, as they do with other passages of the Scriptures. So they bring on their own destruction.