Matthew 13:11-13 He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people. ¹² For he who has, to him shall more be given and richly given, but whoever has not, from him shall be taken even what he has. ¹³ This is why I speak to them in parables, because for all their seeing they do not see and for all their hearing they do not hear or understand.