Luke 8:10

Jesus says the Kingdom's mysteries are given to His disciples, while others receive parables that conceal as they reveal. Spiritual understanding is a gift of grace.

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• Isa 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
• Mark 4:11He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
• Matt 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Jer 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
• Isa 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
• Matt 13:11–17He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
• Col 2:2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
• Acts 28:26–27‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
• Rom 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
• Ps 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
• Deut 29:4Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
• Rom 11:7–10What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
• Col 1:26–28the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
• Matt 16:17Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
• Isa 29:14Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
• John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
• 1 Pet 1:10–12Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
• 1 Cor 12:11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.
• 1 Cor 2:7–11No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
• 1 Tim 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
• Luke 10:21–24At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
• Eph 3:3–9that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

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