He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
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Then his disciples asked him, what does this mean? He said, to you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. He said, to you who belong to the church without walls, it has been given to you to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others I speak in parables so that looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand. Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God. The ones on the path are those who have heard, then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts so that they may not believe and be saved. The ones on the rock are those who when they hear the word receive it with joy but these have no root. They believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away. As for what fell among the thorns, these are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and the riches and the pleasures of life. …
… in the world could this parable have have meant and he said the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of god have been given to you but to others i speak in stories so that though they seen they may not see though hearing they may not understand verse 11 this is the meaning of the story i just told you the seed is the word of god those along the path are the ones who hear the word and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a little while, but in the time of testing, they fall away. The seed that fell among the thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on through their life, it is choked by life's worries, riches, and pleasures, and they do not mature. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and a good heart who hear the word, retain the word, and by persevering, produce a crop. Write down point number three today. I love this. Jesus reveals what people truly love, truly trust, and truly fear. He's revealing. So watch this. Sometimes Jesus reveals his authority. Other times Jesus reveals our condition. In this instance, he's showing us what's inside of us. He tells the story about the word and he says, the word is like a …
… He said, the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom, verse 10, the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to the others I speak in parables, so that though seeing they may not see, though hearing they may not understand. Now, this is the meaning of the parable. The seed, that's the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear. And then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts so that they will not believe we'll be saved. And then those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. And the seed that fill among the thorns stands for those who hear, but they go on their way and they are choked by life's worries and riches and pleasures. They don't mature. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. …