All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
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.
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