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Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.’ As he said this, he called out, ‘Let anyone with ears to hear listen!’

The Purpose of the Parables

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, ‘To you it has been given to know the secrets[a] of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak[b] in parables, so that

“looking they may not perceive,
    and listening they may not understand.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 Or mysteries
  2. Luke 8:10 Gk lacks I speak

Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”

When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(A)

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,(B) but to others I speak in parables, so that,

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

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9