Jesus Christ
48. Why did Jesus speak to the multitudes in parables? |
Jesus
spoke to the multitudes in parables because – as He Himself said to His
disciples – to those who were outside it had not been given to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, therefore He spoke to them in parables so
that seeing they might see and not perceive, and hearing they might hear and
not understand, lest they should turn and their sins be forgiven them (Matthew
13:10-13; Mark 4:11-12; Luke 8:10). |
Thus was
fulfilled in them the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: “Hearing you will hear
and shall not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive; for the
hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and
their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear
with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, so
that I should heal them” (Matthew 13:14-15 - NKJV; Isaiah 6:9-10). |