World English Bible
Matthew 13:11
“He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.”
Verse in context — Matthew 13
9
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?
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He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
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For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
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Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
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