{"id":144,"date":"2014-12-04T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/jesus-tells-us-the-reason-for-the-parables\/"},"modified":"2014-12-04T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T14:12:00","slug":"jesus-tells-us-the-reason-for-the-parables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/jesus-tells-us-the-reason-for-the-parables\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Tells us the Reason for the Parables."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Purpose of the Parables [10] Then the disciples came and said to him, \u201cWhy do you speak to them in parables?\u201d [11] And he answered them, \u201cTo you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. [12] For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. [13] This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. [14] Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: \u201c\u2018\u201cYou will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.\u201d [15] For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.\u2019 (Matthew 13:10-15 ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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The Purpose of the Parables [10] And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. [11] And he said to them, \u201cTo you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, [12] so that \u201cthey may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.\u201d (Mark 4:10-12 ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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The Purpose of the Parables [9] And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, [10] he said, \u201cTo you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that \u2018seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.\u2019 (Luke 8:9-10 ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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[36] While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.\u201d The Unbelief of the People When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. [37] Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, [38] so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: \u201cLord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?\u201d [39] Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said, [40] \u201cHe has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.\u201d [41] Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him. (John 12:36-41 ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Purpose of the Parables [10] Then the disciples came and said to him, \u201cWhy do you speak to them in parables?\u201d [11] And he answered them, \u201cTo you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. [12] For to the one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}