What is the scriptural reason for Jesus speaking in parables ?

Question

Matthew 13:10-17

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Answer 1

Jesus spoke in parables so people could understand the deeper truth of the Bible.    

Matthew 13: verse 10  'And the disciples came, and said unto Him, Why speakest Thou unto them in parables?"

Jesus answered and said: "He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given."

Hard to understand?   Yep?

Answer 2

To find the truth inside you little ones to come to the understanding of the light that brings your spirit inside of your soul onto the kingdom of god within you.  

Answer 3

So that only those whose hearts are right will find the truth.

Answer 4

Because largely whomever recorded these stories, they were not original. They were either directly inspired from, or copied directly from previously told stories.

Answer 5

To make his bible as vague, unclear, and ambiguous as possible, because Christians in the future would need something to squabble with each other over.

Charles V, Jesus is as original as thanksgiving leftovers:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/cv/wscs/...

Answer 6

A teaching method which relates familiar situations to new ideas, metaphoric, if you will.

PS: Atom 74: Name one example, pls.

Answer 7

Matthew 13:34,35  where Matthew points out that it had been foretold concerning Jesus Christ that he would speak with “illustrations” (NW), “parables” (KJ, RS). Psalm 78:2, quoted by Matthew in this connection, refers to “a proverbial saying” (Heb., ma·shal′), and for this term the Gospel writer employed the Greek word pa·ra·bo·le′. As the literal meaning of the Greek term implies, the pa·ra·bo·le′ served as a means of teaching or communicating an idea, a method of explaining a thing by ‘placing it beside’ another similar thing. (Compare Mr 4:30.) Most English translations simply use the anglicized form “parable” to render the Greek term. However, this translation does not serve to convey the full meaning in every instance.

Jesus’ parables are helpful not only because of their simplicity. Illustrations often reach the hearts and consciences of their hearers more effectively than a mere statement of fact, or an outright reproof. This is very clearly demonstrated in Jesus’ training of his apostles and disciples.

Illustrations or parables occupied a prominent part of Jesus’ teaching to the crowds of people who heard him. The Bible record says: “Indeed, without an illustration he would not speak to them, but privately to his disciples he would explain all things.” (Mark 4:34) How were his illustrations especially helpful to those who really sought the explanation? First, they made the spiritual things, the ways and the thinking of God, understandable to humans. Jesus used the everyday affairs and dealings of life to illustrate abstract and deeper matters. One needs no ‘higher education’ to understand the principles that the parables convey. Jesus’ illustrations are as applicable and fitting today as when he gave them.

Answer 8

It's a very good teaching tool.  Story form is a great way to understand.  When Jesus spoke in these parables he spoke about seeds and vines and plants to the farmer.  The farmer could understand what he was talking about.  The sheep herder was told about the sheep and so on.  How many time have we spoken in plain language and people still don't understand.  So we set up an example and that is usually in a story form.  He spoke in the language in which his students spoke, such as a slang or as a farmer or a herder or a carpenter.  Could you imagine trying to tell the people about God when they did not know him.  It's kind of like a Christian talking to a Jehovah Witness, they won't believe anything you tell them.  So you have to explain in a story form so that maybe they could get a grasp on it.  

Answer 9

Only those open to the leading of God will truly understand... God is The One who calls but no one can come unless they come through Christ. While ALL are called, only those open to hearing will understand The Words of Christ and be able to accept Christ... and it is the acceptance of Christ that allows one to come to God.

Answer 10

And his disciples came and said to Him: Why speakest Thou to them in parables?

Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given. For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.

Answer 11

Once there was a man who had all the answers told to him, his brother had to find all the answers by himself. The man relied on this help all his life, while his brother developed the ability to think for himself.

No.. its a teaching tool.. nothing more.

Answer 12

Jesus spoke in parables so the crowds he spoke to could relate to the message He was trying to get across. If Jesus spoke in  His divine  wisdom even the greatest minds of today would not grasp the message He was giving.

Answer 13

Because we're not smart enough to understand anything else.

Answer 14

It has been said that a parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. The Lord Jesus frequently used parables as a means of illustrating profound, divine truths. Stories such as these are easily remembered, the characters bold, and the symbolism rich in meaning. Parables were a common form of teaching in Judaism. Before a certain point in His ministry, Jesus had employed many graphic analogies using common things that would be familiar to everyone (salt, bread, sheep, etc.) and their meaning was fairly clear in the context of His teaching. Parables required more explanation, and at one point in His ministry, Jesus began to teach using parables exclusively.

The question is why Jesus would let most people wonder about the meaning of His parables. The first instance of this is in His telling the parable of the seed and the soils. Before He interpreted this parable, He drew His disciples away from the crowd. They said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,

‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’ But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it" (Matthew 13:10-17).

Here Matthew seems to suggest that their own unbelief is the cause of their spiritual blindness. The same event as told by Luke, however, emphasizes God’s initiative in obscuring the truth from these unbelievers (“to the rest it is given in parables, [so] that ‘Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand’” (Luke 8:10). Both things are true, of course. Yet we are not to think that God blinds them because He somehow delights in their destruction. This judicial blinding may be viewed as an act of mercy, lest their condemnation be increased. He employed parables to obscure the truth from unbelievers while making it clearer to His disciples. For the remainder of His Galilean ministry, He did not speak to the multitudes except in parables (v. 34). Jesus’ veiling the truth from unbelievers this way was both an act of judgment and an act of mercy. It was judgment because it kept them in the darkness that they loved (John 3:19), but it was mercy because they had already rejected the light, so any exposure to more truth would only increase their condemnation.

Our Lord Jesus understood that truth is not sweet music to all ears. Simply put, there are those who have neither interest nor regard in the deep things of God. So why, then, did He speak in parables? To those with a genuine hunger for God, the parable is both an effective and memorable vehicle for the conveyance of divine truths. Our Lord’s parables contain great volumes of truth in very few words—and His parables, rich in imagery, are not easily forgotten. So, then, the parable is a blessing to those with willing ears. But to those with dull hearts and ears that are slow to hear, the parable is also an instrument of both judgment and mercy.

Hope this Helped  God Bless

Answer 15

It was a misprint of load of balls.

Answer 16

Jesus knew that His diciples weren't ready for Him to speak plainly yet. But He did later on.

Answer 17

Peasants and heathens could not read or write and there was no TV or radio programs back then.  So the stories were told in parables, like a vaudeville show.  That way the people would talk about it later to other villagers.  Soon Jesus' ratings were so high there was standing room only for his famous magic tricks and stories.

Answer 18

It was easier for common people to understand on life examples.  It was more accessible to people with open mind.  Unaccessible to skeptics or people who though to high of themselves.  

Answer 19

In Matthew 13.13-15 Jesus gives the reasons that He spoke in parables.."“Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. “In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will keep on hearing, but will not understand; You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive; For the heart of this people has become dull, With their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes, Otherwise they would see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, And understand with their heart and return, And I would heal them.’"

Jesus wanted to hide additional information from those who had already rejected more elementary information.  That way the additional information would not be something that the rejectors would be condemned for not obeying.

Answer 20

john chapter 8 vs 43 and 47 the parables were ment for the elect of that time and of today if you are blind and deaf to gods word you will never understand either because of satan the devil or your own ignorance of the bible

Answer 21

If you will notice, many times after Jesus spoke, be it parables or not, He would say "Those who have ears to hear".  He was imparting wisdom and speaking to the chosen of God, and only the chosen would instinctively know the meaning.