John 16:25
"These things have I spoken to you in proverbs. An hour is coming, when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, but will tell you plainly of the Father.
Matthew 13:13-14
On this account, I speak to them in parables; because, seeing, they see not; and, hearing, they hear not, nor understand.
Acts 17:18
And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were encountering him. And some said, "What would this babbler wish to say?" And others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods;" because he proclaimed the good tidings 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
On this account, I speak to them in parables; because, seeing, they see not; and, hearing, they hear not, nor understand.
John 16:25
"These things have I spoken to you in proverbs. An hour is coming, when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, but will tell you plainly of the Father.
Acts 17:18
And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were encountering him. And some said, "What would this babbler wish to say?" And others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods;" because he proclaimed the good tidings of Jesus and the resurrection.