Verse 6
To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 78:2 : 2 I wyll open my mouth in a parable: I wyll declare harde sentences of the olde tyme past.
- Mark 4:11 : 11 And he sayde vnto them: To you it is geuen to knowe the misterie of the kingdome of God: But vnto them that are without, all thynges are done by parables,
- Ps 49:4 : 4 I wyll encline myne eare to a parable: I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe.
- Num 12:8 : 8 Unto hym wyll I speake mouth to mouth in a vision, not in darke speaches and similitudes of the Lord shall he see: Wherfore then were ye not afrayde to speake against my seruaunt Moyses?
- Mark 4:34 : 34 But without parable spake he nothing vnto them. But when they were alone, he expounded all thynges to his disciples.
- Acts 8:30-31 : 30 And Philip ran thither to him, & heard hym reade the prophete Esaias, & saide: vnderstandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said: how can I, except I had a guyde? And he desired Philip that he woulde come vp, and sit with hym.
- Heb 5:14 : 14 But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte, euen those whiche by reason of vse, haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll.
- 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 Yea almost in euery epistle, speakyng of such thinges: among which, are manye thynges harde to be vnderstande, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, peruert, as they do also the other scriptures, vnto their owne destruction.
- Eccl 12:11 : 11 For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe, of the auctoures of gatheringes which are geuen of one shephearde.
- Matt 13:10-17 : 10 And the disciples came, and sayde vnto hym: Why speakest thou to them by parables? 11 He aunswered and sayde vnto them: because it is geuen vnto you, to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen, but to them, it is not geuen. 12 For whosoeuer hath, to hym shalbe geuen, and he shall haue more aboundaunce: But whosoeuer hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that he hath. 13 Therfore speake I to them in parables: because they seeyng, see not: and hearyng, they heare not: neither do they vnderstande. 14 And in them is fulfylled the prophesie of Esaias, saying: by hearyng ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstande, and seeyng, ye shall see, & shall not perceaue. 15 For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearyng, and their eyes haue they closed: lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstande with their heart, & shoulde conuert, that I myght heale them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare. 17 Ueryly I say vnto you, that many prophetes and ryghteous men haue desired to see those thynges which ye see, and haue not seene: and to heare those thynges which ye heare, and haue not hearde.
- Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these thynges spake Iesus vnto the people in parables: and without a parable spake he not vnto them. 35 That it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophete, that sayth: I wyll open my mouth in parables, I wyll speake foorth thynges which haue ben kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.
- Matt 13:51-52 : 51 Iesus sayth vnto them: haue ye vnderstande all these thynges? They say vnto hym: yea Lorde. 52 Then sayde he vnto them: Therfore, euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kyngdome of heauen, is lyke vnto a man that is an householder, whiche bryngeth foorth out of his treasure, thynges newe and olde.