Who Has Believed Our Report?
37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:
“Lord, who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:
40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,
Lest they should see with
their eyes,
Lest they should understand with
their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”
41 These things Isaiah said [
f]when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.
If you have believed their report, then you have been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God.
But to them it has not been given, John 12 from above and other scriptures show this as true.
Luke 8:10
And He said, “To you it
has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest
it is given in parables, that ‘Seeing they may
not see, And hearing they may
not understand.’
The Purpose of Parables
10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the [
a]mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.