4. The Parable of the
Sower
Seeds
Soils
Then the disciples came and asked Jesus, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 13:10

5. Ears and Eyes

6. Parables of the Kingdom
The Good Samaritan
The Prodigal Son
Seeds and Soils

7. “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.”
Matthew 13:11

8. Jesus Kept Secrets?
Robert Lewis Dabney
1820 – 1898

9. Jesus Knows People
To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven
Matthew 13:11
The Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
Matthew 12:14
Seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.
Matthew 13:13

11. But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear
But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 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.
Matthew 13:16-17