John 16:25
"I have told you these things in allegories, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will plainly tell you about the Father.
Matthew 13:13-14
This is why I am speaking to them in stories, because they look but do not see, they listen but do not really hear or understand.
Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and the Stoic philosophers began to debate with him; and some said, "What is this scraps-of-truth-picker trying to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities." They said so because he was telling the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
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Summary
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 am speaking to them in stories, because they look but do not see, they listen but do not really hear or understand.
John 16:25
"I have told you these things in allegories, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will plainly tell you about the Father.
Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and the Stoic philosophers began to debate with him; and some said, "What is this scraps-of-truth-picker trying to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities." They said so because he was telling the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.