John 16:25
"I have said all this to you in figurative language, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Matthew 13:13-14
This is why I speak to them in figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or understand.
Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some of them said, "What is this rag-picker trying to make out?" Others said, "He seems to be preaching some foreign deities." This was because he was telling the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
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Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
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Matthew 13:13
This is why I speak to them in figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or understand.
John 16:25
"I have said all this to you in figurative language, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some of them said, "What is this rag-picker trying to make out?" Others said, "He seems to be preaching some foreign deities." This was because he was telling the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.