His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures.
I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know plainly about the Father.
Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable —
he spoke of this quite freely. Peter took him and began to reprove him for it,
Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what he was saying to them;