Matthew 13:10 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 13:10

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

KJV

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ASV

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

WEB

Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

YLT

And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

DBT

And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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The Seven Churches of RevelationMatt 13 parallel — seven kingdom-parables. Per Scofield (PD) + Pink (PD); Missler footnote-only.

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Mark 4:33–34
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Matthew 13:3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Luke 8:9
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

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The place where Christ's hearers now stood represented the characters of most of them, the sand on the sea-shore, which was to the seed like the highway ground. Observe First, What kind of hearers are compared to the highway ground; such as hear the word and understand it not; and it is their own fault that they do not.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), intimated a desire to have the parable explained for the sake of the people; nor was it any disparagement to their own knowledge to desire it for themselves.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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