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Jesus' Parables: Unlocking Heaven's Secrets for Disciples! #shorts

Name: Jesus' Parables: Unlocking Heaven's Secrets for Disciples! #shorts
Uploaded: 2026-01-27T19:59:53+00:00
Duration: 37 s
Channel: Paul Woodley
Description: In this YouTube short, Paul Woodley walks through Matthew 13:10‑11, highlighting the disciples’ question, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” He…

27 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Paul Woodley walks through Matthew 13:10‑11, highlighting the disciples’ question, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” He explains that Jesus answered that the knowledge of the kingdom’s secrets has been given to the disciples, but not to the crowd. Woodley emphasizes that parables serve as a selective revelation, granting deeper insight to those prepared to receive it while concealing the full meaning from those who are not, thereby unlocking a key aspect of Jesus’ teaching method.

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Now we go on in verse 10. We see here that he told them this parable and the disciples didn't understand what he had just said. So beginning in verse 10, it says, then the disciples came and said to him, quote, why do you speak to them in parables? So he's actually speaking to the crowd and the disciples, but his disciples are asking, well, why are you speaking to them in parables? In verse 11, it says, And he answered them, quote, to you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them