Jesus said all these things to the crowds in parables. And without a parable He did not speak to them,
Therefore I speak to them in parables: ‘Because they look, but do not see. And they listen, but they do not hear, neither do they understand.’
Then He told them many things in parables, saying, “A sower went out to sow.
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.
His disciples said to Him, “Yes! Now You are speaking plainly and with no figure of speech.