| The Purpose of the Parables Lk.8.9-10 | NEB Contents | notes | GO TO highlighted passage ↓| 8 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 9 | His disciples asked him what this parable meant, | The Purpose of the Parables Lk.8.9-10 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Mt.13.10-17 | Mk.4.10-12 | Ἐπηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ τίς αὑτη εἰη ἡ παραβολή. |
| 10 | and he said, 'It has been granted to you to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but the others have only parables, in order that they may look but see nothing, hear but understand nothing. | - seeing they may not see Lk.8.10 | Is.6.9-10 | ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Ὑμῖν δέδοται γνῶναι τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς, ἵνα βλέποντες μὴ βλέπωσιν καὶ ἀκούοντες μὴ συνιῶσιν. |