Matthew 13:10

10 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”

Matthew 13:10 in Other Translations

KJV
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
ESV
10 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
NLT
10 His disciples came and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”
MSG
10 The disciples came up and asked, "Why do you tell stories?"
CSB
10 Then the disciples came up and asked Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"

Matthew 13:10 In-Context

8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
10 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
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.
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