John 16:29

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His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!

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All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable.

And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

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

“I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.