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Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

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Matthew 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Psalms 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Judges 14:12
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:

Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

Mark 3:23
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

Luke 14:7
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

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Mark 4:30
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

Mark 4:31
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

Mark 4:32
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

Mark 4:33
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

John 16:12
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

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Matthew 23:31
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

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John 16:25
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

John 16:29
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

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