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10 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
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The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
11 And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
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He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
12 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.
13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
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In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'
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For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
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But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
17 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
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