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The Parables of Jesus (Matthew 13:10-17)
Dave Sunman, 13 September 2015
Part of the The Parables of Jesus series, Sunday Morning service
Jesus was the master storyteller, but his disciples were left confused by his stories and as to why he chose to speak in this way. As we start our series looking at the parables, we look at Jesus' reason for telling these stories with the challenge it brings to us.?
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Matthew 13:10–17 (Listen)
10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered them, “To 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:
“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
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.’
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
(ESV)