All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds. And he did not speak to them apart from parables,
For this reason, I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow seed.
Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
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.
His disciples said to him: "Behold, now you are speaking plainly and not reciting a proverb.