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Matthew 13:10
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The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
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Matthew 13:10 in Other Translations
KJV
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And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
ESV
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Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
NLT
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His disciples came and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”
MSG
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The disciples came up and asked, "Why do you tell stories?"
CSB
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Then the disciples came up and asked Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
Matthew 13:10 In-Context
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Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
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Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
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The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
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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.
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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.
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