Matthew 13:34

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and He would not speak anything to them without a parable,

Mark 4:33-34

He would speak the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.

John 16:25

“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

Matthew 13:13

For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

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Matthew 13:34

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

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Matthew 13:13

Mark 4:33

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For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

He would speak the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.