Matthew 13:34
Jesus told all this to the crowd in parables; indeed he never spoke to them except in parables,
Mark 4:33-34
With many such illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;
John 16:25
"I have told you these things in figures; but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in figures, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.
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 illustrations Jesus used to tell his message to people as far as they were able to receive it;