Matthew 13:12

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.

Mark 4:10-12

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.’”

Luke 8:9-10

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.