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Ezekiel 20:49

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And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "

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"Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the provoking house, said to you: 'What are you doing?'

"Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

And you shall speak, through a proverb, a parable to the inciting house. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set out a cooking pot; set it out, I say, and put water into it.

Then, when the sons of your people will speak to you, saying: 'Will you not tell us what you intend by this?'

And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Behold, my soul has not been polluted, and from my infancy even until now, I have not eaten anything that has died of itself, nor that which has been torn up by beasts, and no unclean flesh at all has entered into my mouth."

And I have spoken through the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used parables through the hands of the prophets.

I have spoken these things to you in proverbs. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs; instead, I will announce to you plainly from the Father.

Now certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were arguing with him. And some were saying, "What does this sower of the Word want to say?" Yet others were saying, "He seems to be an announcer for new demons." For he was announcing to them Jesus and the Resurrection.




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