Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 13:9-12

"He that hath ears, let him hear. And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath." — Matthew 13:9-12 (ASV)

He who has ears to hear, let him hear. And the disciple came, and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables? He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more abundance: but whoever does not have, from him will be taken away even what he has.

So it is even in common things: the man of intelligence, who has a good groundwork of education, picks up something everywhere, but the ignorant man learns nothing anywhere. He only discovers more and more of his own ignorance until even what he had is taken away from him.

Oh, that the Lord would give us a good groundwork of saving knowledge, so that we might continue learning more and more under the Holy Spirit's teaching!