Matthew 13:11-13

11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
12 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: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S Matthew 3:2
  • 2. Matthew 11:25; Matthew 16:17; Matthew 19:11; John 6:65; 1 Corinthians 2:10,14; Colossians 1:27; 1 John 2:20,27
  • 3. S Matthew 25:29; Luke 19:26
  • 4. Deuteronomy 29:4; Jeremiah 5:21; Ezekiel 12:2
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