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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Jesus describes the kingdom of heaven by telling a parable about a person who manages a household. This is the end of the part of the story about Jesus teaching the crowds about the kingdom of heaven through using parables.
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 # Have you understood all these things?" The disciples said to him, "Yes."
 
-If necessary, both direct quotations can be translated as indirect quotations. Alternate translation: "Jesus asked them if they had understood all this, and they said that they did understand." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
+"Jesus asked them if they had understood all this, and they said that they did understand."