Matthew 13:34

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

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“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.

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

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

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

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