This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Matthew 13:34 - English Standard Version 2016 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These things all taken together Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, without a parable He said nothing to them. American Standard Version (1901) All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them: Common English Bible Jesus said all these things to the crowds in parables, and he spoke to them only in parables. Catholic Public Domain Version All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds. And he did not speak to them apart from parables, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them. |
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.
His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!