His disciples said to Him, “Yes! Now You are speaking plainly and with no figure of speech.
Jesus said all these things to the crowds in parables. And without a parable He did not speak to them,
He said this openly. And Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him.
Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
“I have told you these things in proverbs. But the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, for I will speak to you plainly about the Father.