'Speech' in the Bible

Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

His disciples *said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.