The Parables
of Jesus
Purpose of Parables
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| 10 Kai; proselqovnte" oiJ maqhtai; ei\pan aujtw'/,
Dia; tiv ejn parabolai'" lalei'" aujtoi'";
11 oJ de; ajpokriqei;" ei\pen aujtoi'", O&ti uJmi'n devdotai gnw'nai
ta; musthvria th'" basileiva" tw'n oujranw'n, ejkeivnoi" de; ouj devdotai.
12 o&sti" ga;r e[cei, doqhvsetai aujtw'/ kai; perisseuqhvsetai.
o&sti" de; oujk e[cei, kai; o& e[cei ajrqhvsetai ajpÅ aujtou'.
13 dia; tou'to ejn parabolai'" aujtoi'" lalw', o&ti blevponte" ouj
blevpousin kai; ajkouvonte" oujk ajkouvousin oujde; sunivousin, 14 kai;
ajnaplhrou'tai aujtoi'" hJ profhteiva ÅHsai?ou hJ levgousa,
ÅAkoh'/ ajkouvsete kai; ouj mh; sunh'te, kai; blevponte" blevyete kai; ouj mh; i[dhte. 15 ejpacuvnqh ga;r hJ kardiva tou' laou' touvtou, kai; toi'" wjsi;n barevw" h[kousan kai; tou;" ojfqalmou;" aujtw'n ejkavmmusan, mhvpote i[dwsin toi'" ojfqalmoi'" kai; toi'" wjsi;n ajkouvswsin kai; th'/ kardiva/ sunw'sin kai; ejpistrevywsin kai; ijavsomai aujtouv". 16 uJmw'n de; makavrioi oiJ ojfqalmoi; o&ti blevpousin kai; ta; w\ta uJmw'n o&ti ajkouvousin. 17 ajmh;n ga;r levgw uJmi'n o&ti polloi; profh'tai kai; divkaioi ejpequvmhsan ijdei'n a& blevpete kai; oujk ei\dan, kai; ajkou'sai a& ajkouvete kai; oujk h[kousan. |
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 him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him 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 With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: `You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive. 15 For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.' 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. |
| 10 Kai; o&te ejgevneto kata; movna", hjrwvtwn
aujto;n oiJ peri; aujto;n su;n toi'" dwvdeka ta;" parabolav". 11
kai; e[legen aujtoi'", jUmi'n to; musthvrion devdotai th'" basileiva"
tou' qeou'. ejkeivnoi" de; toi'" e[xw ejn parabolai'"
ta; pavnta givnetai,
12 i&na blevponte" blevpwsin kai; mh; i[dwsin, kai; ajkouvonte" ajkouvwsin kai; mh; suniw'sin, mhvpote ejpistrevywsin kai; ajfeqh'/ aujtoi'". |
10 And when he was alone, those who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables. 11 And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables; 12 so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven." |
| 9 jEphrwvtwn de; aujto;n oiJ maqhtai; aujtou'
tiv" au&th ei[h hJ parabolhv. 10 oJ de; ei\pen, jUmi'n
devdotai gnw'nai ta; musthvria th'" basileiva" tou' qeou', toi'" de; loipoi'"
ejn parabolai'", i&na
blevponte" mh; blevpwsin kai; ajkouvonte" mh; suniw'sin. |
9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. |
| 34 Tau'ta pavnta ejlavlhsen oJ ÅIhsou'"
ejn parabolai'" toi'" o[cloi" kai; cwri;" parabolh'" oujde;n ejlavlei aujtoi'",
35 o&pw" plhrwqh'/ to; rJhqe;n dia; tou' profhvtou levgonto", ÅAnoivxw ejn parabolai'" to; stovma mou, ejreuvxomai kekrummevna ajpo; katabolh'" ÍkovsmouÑ. |
34 All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world." |
| 33 Kai; toiauvtai" parabolai'" pollai'" ejlavlei aujtoi'" to;n lovgon kaqw;" hjduvnanto ajkouvein. 34 cwri;" de; parabolh'" oujk ejlavlei aujtoi'", katÅ ijdivan de; toi'" ijdivoi" maqhtai'" ejpevluen pavnta. | 33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; 34 he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything. |
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