Luke 8:10

10 he said, 1"To you it has been given to know 2the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so 3that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

Luke 8:10 In-Context

8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
10 he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 The ones along 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.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Matthew 19:11; Colossians 1:27; [1 Corinthians 2:6-10; 1 John 2:20, 27]; See Matthew 11:25
  • 2. See Romans 16:25
  • 3. Isaiah 6:9, 10; See Matthew 13:13
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