Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
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Bible References
Doth
Matthew 13:13
For this [reason] 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 said these [things] to you in figurative sayings. An hour is coming when I will speak to you in figurative sayings no longer, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
Acts 17:18
And even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were saying, "What does this babbler want to say?" But [others said], "He appears to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was proclaiming the good news [about] Jesus and the resurrection.
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Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of man, tell a riddle and quote a proverb to the house of Israel,
Ezekiel 24:19
And the people said to me, "Will you not make known to us what these [things] that you are doing [mean] for us?"