13:10-11 Did Jesus deliberately speak in parables so that the Pharisees could not understand the truth to get saved?

No. The Pharisees had hardened their hearts and wilfully rejected the truth, causing it to be veiled from them.

They did not want to be converted to Christ, which is what Isaiah prophesied in the Old Testament would happen (cp Isa 6:9-10 with Mt 13:12-17, Mk 4:11-12; Jn 12:37-41; Ac 28:23-28). Isa 6:9-10 does not mean as some in the church teach, that God had made it impossible for the Jews to believe in Christ because He had already determined not to save them.

This is clearly refuted in Ac 28:23-28 which as we saw, teaches that the Jews rejected the gospel of their own volition, and it is for this reason alone that God took the gospel from them and gave it to the Gentiles (cp Acts 13:44-49, 28:23-28; Ro 9:30-33; 11:1, 7-10, 13-24).

See also comments on Mt 11:28-30, 20:16; Jn 3:14-15, 3:36, 6:37, 12:37-40; Ac 2:37-38, 13:48, 28:23-29; Ro 1:16-17, 3:24-26 (A), Ro 8:28-30, 9:7, 9:10-13, 9:14-18, 9:19-21, 10:14-17, 11:2, 11:4, 11:7-10; Eph 1:3-6, 1:11-14, 2:8-10; 1Th 1:4; 2Ti 1:8-9; 1Pe 1:2.

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