He answered and said to them, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand, then the evil [one] comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the [seed] being sown beside the road.

Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out into a latrine?

How is it you do not perceive that I did not speak to you about bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?"

"Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand),

And apart from a parable He did not speak to them, however, privately to His disciples, he would explain all things.

So He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything entering a man from outside cannot defile him,

But Jesus, knowing about it, said to them, "Why are you reasoning because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Is your heart still hardened?

Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."

But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.

And Phillip, running up to it, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Indeed, do you know what you are reading?"

And he said, "How can I, if not someone guides me?" And he urged Philip to come up and sit with him.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true; and we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.