Matthew 13:34

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds with parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable.

Cross References

Matthew 13:13

Therefore, I am speaking to them with parables because [although] they can see, they [really] do not perceive, and [although] they can hear, they [really] do not comprehend, and so they [utterly] fail to understand [what I am trying to get across].

Matthew 13:3

And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, “once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.

John 10:6

Jesus told them this parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate his teaching] but they did not understand what it meant.

John 16:25

“I have spoken these things to you in figurative language. [However], the time will come when I will not speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

John 16:29

[Then] Jesus’ disciples said [to Him], “Look, you are speaking plainly now, and not in figurative language.