Matthew 13:34
King James Version
34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
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Matthew 13:34
New International Version
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.(A)
Mark 4:33-34
King James Version
33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
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Mark 4:33-34
New International Version
33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.(A) 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(B) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
John 16:25
King James Version
25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
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John 16:25
New International Version
25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively,(A) a time is coming(B) when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.
Matthew 13:13
King James Version
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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Matthew 13:13
New International Version
13 This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.(A)
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