^{10 Ref} And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

^{11 Ref} And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

^{12 Ref} for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

^{13 Ref} `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,