Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Matthew 13:10

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

KJV

Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· διατί ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖς αὐτοῖς;

Greek NT

Et accedentes discipuli dixerunt ei : Quare in parabolis loqueris eis ?

Vulgate

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

ASV

And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διατί
diati
particle · 24×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§546Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching.261 Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything.262 Words are not enough, deeds are required.263 The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or …
§787From the beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and gave them a share in his mission, joy, and sufferings.215 Jesus spoke of a still more intimate communion between him and those who would follow him: "Abide in me, and I in you.... I am the vine, you are the branches."216 and he proclaimed a mysterious and real …
2. After this, lest any one should suppose His words to be a mere accusation, and lest men should say, Being our enemy He is bringing these charges and calumnies against us; He introduces the prophet also, pronouncing the same judgment as Himself. For in them is fulfilled, says He, the prophecy of Esaias, which says, By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand, and seei…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

Cross-references

  • John 16:25 — These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
  • Luke 8:9 — And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
  • Mark 4:2 — And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
  • Mark 4:10 — And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
  • Mark 4:10 — And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
  • Mark 4:33 — And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
  • Mark 7:17 — And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
  • Matt 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
  • Prov 1:6 — To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
  • Zech 11:9 — Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.