Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Matthew 13:34 - English Majority Text Version Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds, and without a parable He did not speak to them, Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
Therefore 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 many things in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.
This illustration Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.
"These things I have spoken to you in figures of speech; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
His disciples said to Him, "See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!