His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
This parable spake Jesus unto them; but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.