Quotes about Wisdom
This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
— Matthew 13:13
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
— Matthew 13:34
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
— Matthew 13:35
Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
— Matthew 13:51
Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
— Matthew 13:52
When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.
— Matthew 13:53
Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
— Matthew 13:54
Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
— Matthew 15:10
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
— Matthew 15:11
“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
— Matthew 15:16
So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
— Matthew 21:27
Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
— Matthew 22:29