Matthew 13:34
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The Use of Parables
34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing.(A)
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John 16:25
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Peace for the Disciples
25 “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 but will tell you plainly of the Father.
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Mark 4:33-34
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The Use of Parables
33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it;(A) 34 he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.(B)
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Matthew 13:13
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13 The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’(A)
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