יהושע said all this to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable,
“Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
And He spoke to them much in parables, saying, “See, the sower went out to sow.
יהושע used this figure of speech, but they did not know what He had been saying to them.
“These words I have spoken to you in figures of speech, but an hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall declare the Father plainly to you.
His taught ones said to Him, “See, now You are speaking plainly, and not using figure of speech!