²⁹ Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.^(A)

⁴⁹ Then I said, “Sovereign Lord,^(A) they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just telling parables?^(B)’”^[a]

³⁴ Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.^(A)

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.^(A) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

⁶ Jesus used this figure of speech,^(A) but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.^(B)