Ezekiel 20:49

World English Bible (2000)

Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?

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  • John 16:25 : 25 I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
  • Ezek 17:2 : 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
  • Matt 13:13-14 : 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand. 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

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