Matthew 13:34
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; and without a parable he did not speak to them.
Mark 4:33-34
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
John 16:25
"I have said this to you in figurative language; but the 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
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.
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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
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.
Mark 4:33
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.