Matthew 13:34
Jesus said all this to the crowds in figures, and told them nothing except in figures,
Mark 4:33-34
With many such figures he told them the message, as far as they were able to receive it.
John 16:25
"I have said all this to you in figurative language, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Matthew 13:13
This is why I speak to them in figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or 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 figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or understand.
Mark 4:33
With many such figures he told them the message, as far as they were able to receive it.