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Luke 8:10

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10he said, z“To you it has been given to know athe secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so bthat ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

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  1. zMatt. 19:11; Col. 1:27; [1 Cor. 2:6–10; 1 John 2:20, 27]; See Matt. 11:25
  2. aSee Rom. 16:25
  3. bIsa. 6:9, 10; See Matt. 13:13

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that,

“ ‘though seeing, they may not see;

though hearing, they may not understand.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So he said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,

and hearing they may not understand.

NLTNew Living Translation

He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables to teach the others so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled:

‘When they look, they won’t really see.

When they hear, they won’t understand.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest they are in parables, so that

‘Seeing they may not see,

and hearing they may not understand.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.