Matthew 13:34 Cross References - Moffatt

³⁴ Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable —

¹³ This is why I speak to them in parables, because for all their seeing they do not see and for all their hearing they do not hear or understand.

³³ In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it; ³⁴ he never spoke to them except by way of parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

²⁵ I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know plainly about the Father.