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What does Luke 8:10 mean?

"He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’"

— Luke 8:10 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

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Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

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Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

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He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

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Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

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Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

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Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

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