Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.
Mark 4:33-34
So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.
John 16:25
"I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Matthew 13:13
For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear 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: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.
Mark 4:33
So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.