Matthew 13:10-13

Living Bible

¹⁰ His disciples came and asked him, “Why do you always use these hard-to-understand illustrations?”^[a]

¹¹ Then he explained to them that only they were permitted to understand about the Kingdom of Heaven, and others were not.

^12-13 “For to him who has will more be given,” he told them, “and he will have great plenty; but from him who has not, even the little he has will be taken away. That is why I use these illustrations, so people will hear and see but not understand.^[b]