All these things spoke Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke he not unto them:
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
This parable spoke Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke unto them.
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time comes, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speak you plainly, and speak no proverb.