John 16:25
"I have told you these things in figures; but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in figures, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.
Matthew 13:13-14
"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Acts 17:18
A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him again and again. Some were saying, "What has this beggarly fellow to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods," because he preached 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 parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
John 16:25
"I have told you these things in figures; but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in figures, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.
Acts 17:18
A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him again and again. Some were saying, "What has this beggarly fellow to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.