That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.
Matthew 13:34 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and he did not tell them anything without a parable, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These things all taken together Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, without a parable He said nothing to them. American Standard Version (1901) All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them: Common English Bible Jesus said all these things to the crowds in parables, and he spoke to them only in parables. Catholic Public Domain Version All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds. And he did not speak to them apart from parables, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them. |
That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.
Then he told them many things in parables, saying, ‘Consider the sower who went out to sow.
Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
‘I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
His disciples said, ‘Look, now you’re speaking plainly and not using any figurative language.