Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke with illustrations to the crowds. He did not speak anything without using illustrations.
Mark 4:33-34
He spoke the word to them with many illustrations as long as they were able to listen.
John 16:25
I have spoken to you in figurative language (illustrations and proverbs). The hour comes when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language. I will tell you plainly from the Father.
Matthew 13:13
I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not 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
I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand.
Mark 4:33
He spoke the word to them with many illustrations as long as they were able to listen.