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Butδὲheὁansweredἀποκριθεὶςand saidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“BecauseὍτιto youὑμῖνit has been givenδέδοταιto knowγνῶναιthe mysteriesτὰ μυστήριαof the kingdomτῆς βασιλείαςof heaven,τῶν οὐρανῶνbutδὲto themἐκείνοιςit has notοὐbeen given.δέδοται
Matthew 13:11
Study it in the app“But he answered and said to them, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:11, word by word
- answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- it has been givenδέδοταιdedotai
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dedotai” appears- to knowγνῶναιgnōnai
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “gnōnai” appears- the mysteriesμυστήριαmystēria
mystery
Mystery: what was hidden and God makes known.
Where else “mystēria” appears- of the kingdomβασιλείαςbasileias
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileias” appears- of heavenοὐρανῶνouranōn
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranōn” appears
Translation note
“Mystery”: what was hidden and God now makes known.
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Why Jesus speaks in parables
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Matthew 13:10-17
10And the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11But he answered and said to them, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13This is why I speak to them in parables: because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will indeed hear and never understand, and you will indeed see and never perceive. 15For the heart of this people has grown dull, and with their ears they have heard with difficulty, and they have closed their eyes, so that they do not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I will heal them.’ 16But happy are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. 17For truly I tell you that 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.
10And when he was alone, those around him with the Twelve were asking him about the parables. 11And he was saying to them, “To you the mystery of the kingdom of God has been given; but for those outside, everything comes in parables, 12so that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they turn and it be forgiven them.’”
9And his disciples were asking him what this parable might mean. 10And he said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
The context
10And the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
11 · This verse (above)
12For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
To study Matthew 13 in a group
1. What it says
On which four kinds of ground did the sower's seed fall (vv. 4–8)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus teach the crowds in parables (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
In the sower's parable, worry can choke the word (v. 22). What chokes it most in your day?