That is why I speak to them in parables, because ‘they see but do not perceive, and they hear but do not listen or understand.’
Matthew 13:34 - The Text-Critical English New Testament All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; he did not speak to them without using 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. |
That is why I speak to them in parables, because ‘they see but do not perceive, and they hear but do not listen or understand.’
Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
Jesus spoke to them with this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
“I have told you these things in figures of speech, but an hour is coming when I will no longer use figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.
His disciples said to him, “Behold, now yoʋ are speaking plainly and not using any figure of speech.