Matthew 13:34

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.

Cross References

John 16:25

I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words and openly (without reserve).

Matthew 13:13

This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand.

Matthew 13:3

And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow.

John 10:6

Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.

John 16:29

His disciples said, Ah, now You are speaking plainly to us and not in parables (veiled language and figures of speech)!