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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Bible References
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Matthew 13:13
That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'
Mark 4:33
With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.