New Seers and Old Seers

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Now what are the "the Mysteries" he is speaking of? He says he is giving them the power to decipher All Parables and the Mysteries and yet, all parables don't have to do with seeds and sowers etc., Bob
Very true Bob! This also contains the possibility of making new parables! I have dabbled in this myself.
Lu 8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Lu 8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Mark Chapter 4
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
 10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12 so that,
   “‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, 
   and ever hearing but never understanding; 
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a]”
 13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
When we read this it is as if Jesus is purposely hindering some from understanding, ...why???
12 so that,
   “‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, 
   and ever hearing but never understanding; 
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!
Why does Jesus not want them to turn and be forgiven?????