Allthese thingsJesusspoketo the crowdsin parables,and He did not speakto them withouta parable.
"ThereforeI speakto them in parables;becausewhile seeingthey do not see,and while hearingthey do not hear,nordo they understand.
And He spokemany thingsto them in parables,saying,"Behold,the sowerwentout to sow;
Thisfigure of speechJesusspoketo them, but they did not understandwhatthose things were whichHe had been sayingto them.
"These thingsI have spokento you in figurativelanguage;an houris comingwhenI will no longerspeakto you in figurative language,but will tellyou plainlyof the Father.
His disciplessaid,"Lo,nowYou are speakingplainlyand are not usinga figure of speech.
