Matthew 13:34

Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable ??35 to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

Mark 4:33-34

In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it;

John 16:25

I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know plainly about the Father.

Matthew 13:13

This is why I speak to them in parables, because for all their seeing they do not see and for all their hearing they do not hear 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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This is why I speak to them in parables, because for all their seeing they do not see and for all their hearing they do not hear or understand.

In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it;