they shall not be converted, that I may heal them" (Matt. 13:14-15; Isaiah 6:9-10). The depravity of most of these people is so great that they deliberately turn a deaf ear to the word of truth and close their eyes to great signs, as if fearing that otherwise they will probably turn to God and be saved by Him. But Christ does not push them away from Himself; no, He teaches them His teaching about the Kingdom of Heaven, but only in an allegorical form, allowing them to think it out for themselves, if they wish

to the meaning hidden in parables.

Whoever has a sincere desire to understand the meaning of the parable and the teaching of Christ,

this understanding will be given to him, and

he will multiply in him;

and whoever does not have such a desire will remain deaf to the teaching of Christ, even if it were not set forth in parable form; even that knowledge of God which all people have, no matter at what stage of religious development they may stand, will not benefit him;

with him it will fall away of itself as useless for him, as if

even that which he has shall be taken away (Matt. 13:12).

To the Apostles, who left all earthly things for Christ and followed Him, and thereby revealed faith in Him and a sincere desire to follow His teaching, — through this it became possible for them to perceive what others, without faith and desire, hearing do not hear, and seeing do not see and do not understand; To them

it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.

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