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Matthew 13:10-17
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10The disciples came to him
and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
11He replied, “Because the
knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but
not to them.
12Whoever has will be given
more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they
have will be taken from them.
13This is why I speak to them
in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear
or understand.
14In them is fulfilled the
prophecy of Isaiah: “‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you
will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15For this people’s heart has
become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their
eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
16But blessed are your eyes
because they see, and your ears because they hear.
17For truly I tell you, many
prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
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1)
According to
verse 10 what did the disciples ask Jesus about?
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They asked Jesus.
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Why
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He spoke to the
people in parables.
2)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 11 why did he speak to the people in parables?
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It was because
the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven had been given
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To the disciples.
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But not to the
people.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 what will happen
to those who have and those who do not have?
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Those who have
will be given more.
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And they will
have an abundance.
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Those who do not
have.
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Even what they
have will be taken from them.
4)
Who were those who
have and those who do not have?
o
The disciples were
those who have.
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The people were those
who do not have.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 13 what effect did parables
have on the people?
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Though seeing,
they do not see.
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Though hearing,
they do not
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Hear.
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Or understand.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 14 how was the
prophecy of Isaiah fulfilled in the people?
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They will be
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Ever hearing.
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But never
understanding.
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They will be
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Ever seeing.
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But never
perceiving.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15 how was the
prophecy of Isaiah fulfilled in the people?
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The people’s
heart has become calloused;
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They hardly hear
with their ears.
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And they have
closed their eyes.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15 concerning the prophecy of Isaiah, had the people’s
heart not become calloused, what might happen?
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They might
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See with their
eyes.
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Hear with their
ears.
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Understand with
their hearts.
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And turn.
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And God would
heal them.
9)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 16 and 17 how were the disciples blessed?
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Blessed are
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The disciples’
eyes because they see.
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And the disciples’
ears because they hear.
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Many prophets and
righteous people
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Longed to see
what the disciples see.
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But did not see
it.
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And to hear what the
disciples hear.
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But did not hear
it.
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Matthew 13:10-17
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