by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles.

使人明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言词和谜语。

明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言词和谜语。

明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言词和谜语。

使人领悟箴言和比喻，明白智者的话和谜语。

使人明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言词和他们的隐语。

使他们领悟箴言和比喻，领悟智慧人的话语和谜题。

使人明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言詞和謎語。

明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言詞和謎語。

明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言詞和謎語。

使人領悟箴言和比喻，明白智者的話和謎語。

使人明白箴言和譬喻，懂得智慧人的言詞和他們的隱語。

能明白箴言和譬喻，能懂得智慧人的言詞和難題。

使他們領悟箴言和比喻，領悟智慧人的話語和謎題。

令人通曉箴言、喻言、與智者之言、及其隱語、○

玩味箴言之微旨、可悟賢人之隱語。

使人得明箴言與喻言、得悟智者之詞及其隱語、○

for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

What I’m teaching also helps you understand proverbs and stories. It helps you understand the sayings and riddles of those who are wise.

to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

for understanding a proverb or a parable, the words of the wise, and their riddles.

To understand a proverb and a saying, The words of the wise and their riddles.

To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.

To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

for understanding a proverb or a parable, the words of the wise, and their riddles.

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—

He replied,“ You are permitted to understand the secret of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables for everything I say to outsiders,

I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.

Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked,“ Do you understand what you are reading?”The man replied,“ How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.

In fact, in his public ministry he never taught without using parables; but afterward, when he was alone with his disciples, he explained everything to them.

Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these when speaking to the crowds. In fact, he never spoke to them without using such parables.This fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet:“ I will speak to you in parables. I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world.”

His disciples came and asked him,“ Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”He replied,“ You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.That is why I use these parables, For they look, but they don’t really see. They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that says,‘ When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend.For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes— so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.’“ But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it.

Do you understand all these things?”“ Yes,” they said,“ we do.”Then he added,“ Every teacher of religious law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a homeowner who brings from his storeroom new gems of truth as well as old.”

The words of the wise are like cattle prods— painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail studded stick with which a shepherd drives the sheep.

I speak to him face to face, clearly, and not in riddles! He sees the Lord as he is. So why were you not afraid to criticize my servant Moses?”

speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction.