Matthew 22:1

He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.

that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’ ”

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

G3588=T-DSM G1161=CONJ G1410=V-PNP-DSM G4771=P-2AP G4741=V-AAN G2596=PREP G3588=T-ASN G2098=N-ASN G3165=P-1GS G2532=CONJ G3588=T-ASN G2782=N-ASN G2424G=N-GSM-P G5547=N-GSM-T G2596=PREP G0602=N-ASF G3466=N-GSN G5550=N-DPM G0166=A-DPM G4601=V-RPP-GSN

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”

“Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”

saying, ‘Go to this people and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.

According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”

But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.

For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up, so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’ ”

Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.

In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’ ”

Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’

Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.

He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

“Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

He summoned them, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them of God’s Kingdom, and he cured those who needed healing.

Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.