Matthew 13:10-15 And his disciples approached, saying to him, Why dost thou speak to them in parables?

Etheridge⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ And his disciples approached, saying to him, Why dost thou speak to them in parables? ¹¹ He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given. ¹² For unto him who hath, it shall be given, and it shall be increased to him: but [as] to him who hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him. ¹³ On this account I speak to them in parables. Hence they see, and (yet) see not; and they hear, and (yet) hear not, neither understand; ¹⁴ and accomplished in them is the prophecy of Eshaia, who said, that hearing they should hear, but not understand, and seeing they should see, but not know. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people is become gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have shut, that they may not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I heal them.