Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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 the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].
Mark 4:33
With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;