Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
- KJV Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
- NKJV Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
- NASB “Have you understood all these things?” They *said to Him, “Yes.”
- NLT Do you understand all these things?” “Yes,” they said, “we do.”
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Quick answer
Jesus asks the disciples if they have understood, and they answer yes. Understanding the Kingdom's mysteries is the mark of true discipleship.
Overview
After the cluster of parables, Jesus checks whether His disciples have grasped His teaching, and they affirm that they have. Their comprehension distinguishes them from the crowds to whom the parables remained obscure. The exchange highlights that to those given understanding, the secrets of the Kingdom are made plain through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Mark 4:34He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
- Matt 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
- Matt 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- Mark 7:18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- Mark 8:17–18Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?
- Acts 8:30–31So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
- Luke 9:44–45“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”
- 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- Matt 16:11How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Matt 24:15So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
- Matt 15:17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
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