יהושע used this figure of speech, but they did not know what He had been saying to them.
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.
Those who heard Jesus use this analogy didn’t understand what he was saying.
Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.