Matthew 13:51
49 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
52 Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
- KJV
- Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
- WEB
- Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
- ASV
- Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea.
- DARBY
- Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea, [Lord].
- BLB
- Did you⁺ understand all these things?” They say to Him, “Yes.”
- ÅB
- «Har dere forstått alt dette?» «Ja», svarte de ham.
- OTB
- «Har dere forstått alt dette?» spurte Jesus. De sa til ham: «Ja.»
- B1930
- Har I forstått alt dette? De sier til ham: Ja.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 4:34
He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
Read in contextMatthew 13:19
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Read in contextMatthew 13:11
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
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“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
Read in contextMatthew 24:15
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
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“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”
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“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
Read in contextMatthew 16:11
How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
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