The Purpose of the Parables

10 ^eThen the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

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Prophecy and Parables

34 ^xAll these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.

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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.