Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke all these [things] to the crowds in parables, and he was saying nothing to them without a parable,
Mark 4:33-34
And with many parables such as these he was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear [it].
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.
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,
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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
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,
Mark 4:33
And with many parables such as these he was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear [it].