Matthew 10:27 Cross References - Moffatt

²⁷ what I tell you in the dark, you must utter in the open, what you hear in a whisper you must proclaim on the housetop.

¹ That same day Jesus went out of the house and seated himself by the seaside; ² but, as great crowds gathered to him, he entered a boat and sat down, while all the crowd stood on the beach. ³ He spoke at some length to them in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow, ⁴ and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up. ⁵ Some other seeds fell on stony soil where they had not much earth, and shot up at once because they had no depth of soil; ⁶ but when the sun rose they got scorched and withered away because they had no root. ⁷ Some other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. ⁸ Some other seeds fell on good soil and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirtyfold. ⁹ He who has an ear, let him listen to this." ¹⁰ Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak in parables?" ¹¹ He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people. ¹² For he who has, to him shall more be given and richly given, but whoever has not, from him shall be taken even what he has. ¹³ This is why I speak to them in parables, because for all their seeing they do not see and for all their hearing they do not hear or understand. ¹⁴ In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people is obtuse, their ears are heavy of hearing, their eyes they have closed, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they understand with their heart and turn again, and I cure them. ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears, for they hear! ¹⁷ I tell you truly, many prophets and good men have longed to see what you see, but they have not seen it; and to hear what you hear, but they have not heard it.

³⁴ Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable — ³⁵ to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

¹⁰ so he said, "It is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Reign of God, but the others get it in parables, so that for all their seeing they may not see, and for all their hearing they may not understand.

¹ I have told you all this, to keep you from being repelled.

¹³ However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come.

²⁵ I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know plainly about the Father.

²⁹ His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures.

²⁰ "Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life."

²⁸ "We strictly forbade you to teach about this Name, did we not? And here you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine! You want to make us responsible for this man's death!"

¹⁷ He argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout proselytes and also in the marketplace daily with those who chanced to be present.

¹² Such being my hope then, I am quite frank and open —