11 And he said to them, ^k“To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,

34 He did not speak to them without a parable, but ^dprivately to his own disciples he explained everything.

I Have Overcome the World

25 “I have said these things to you in ^dfigures 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.