Matthew 13:10-11

13:10 Then the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 13:11 He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.


tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

tn Grk “And answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

tn This is an example of a “divine passive,” with God understood to be the source of the revelation (see ExSyn 437-38).

tn Grk “to you it has been given to know.” The dative pronoun occurs first, in emphatic position in the Greek text, although this position is awkward in contemporary English.

tn Grk “the mysteries.”