¹² “Say now to ^(A)the rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Indeed ^(B)the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon.

¹⁹ And the people said to me, ^(A)“Will you not tell us what these things signify to us, that you behave so?”

³ and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

² On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,

³⁰ So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

^45 (A)But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.

The Parable of the Sower Explained^(A)

¹³ And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

¹¹ How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?—but to beware of the ^[a]leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

¹⁶ So Jesus said, ^(A)“Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not yet understand that ^(B)whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?

^51 [a]Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?”

They said to Him, “Yes, ^[b]Lord.”