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Today's Reading: Luke 8:4-15

Daily Lectionary: Job 14:1-22; John 6:41-49

And He said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that 'Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.' (Luke 8:10)

In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Everybody knows why Jesus told parables, right? They were simple little stories that carried some deeper meaning. He used simple examples so people could understand what He was talking about. Except that's not right at all. Jesus Himself explains that He tells parables so that those who have been given to know the mysteries will understand and those who haven't, won't.

To know the mysteries of the kingdom of God means to know Christ, to know that God has become man and that Jesus' suffering and death takes away our sins. Parables explain that the kingdom of God isn't an earthly kingdom, but a kingdom of grace and forgiveness. Those who have been taught that by the Holy Spirit wi