... them (the crowds that followed Him), as much as they could understand. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything. Why would Jesus speak only in parable? In the gospel of Mark 4:10-12 Jesus himself explains saying "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given ... so that, "'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!'" It mostly seems that Jesus spoke in parable so only the pure of heart that were receptive to his t...

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