Matthew 13:34

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing.

Cross References

Matthew 13:13

The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’

Matthew 13:3

And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

John 10:6

Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

John 16:25

“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but will tell you plainly of the Father.

John 16:29

His disciples said, “Yes, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure of speech!