Matthew 13:34
Of all this Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; indeed to them he used never to speak at all except in parables,
Mark 4:33-34
With many such parables Jesus used to speak to the people of his Message, as far as they were able to receive it;
John 16:25
I have spoken to you of all this in figures; a time is coming, however, when I shall not speak any longer to you in figures, but shall tell you about the Father plainly.
Matthew 13:13
That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or 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
That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.
Mark 4:33
With many such parables Jesus used to speak to the people of his Message, as far as they were able to receive it;