⁹His disciples asked him what this parable meant. ¹⁰He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets#8:10a Greek mysteries. of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables to teach the others so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled: ‘When they look, they won’t really see. When they hear, they won’t understand.’ # 8:10b Isa 6:9 (Greek version).