Quotes About Wisdom

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

He who has ears, let him hear.”

Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

This is why I speak to them in parables: ëThough seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.í

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ëYou will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

ëNo,í he said, ëif you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

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.”

When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

Arenít all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.