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

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

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

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

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

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: {plainness: or, boldness}

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. {dishonesty: Gr. shame}

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. {the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech}

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

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

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

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

What I tell you in darkness, {that} speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, {that} preach ye upon the housetops.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. {proverb: or, parable}

Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. {his own: or, his own home}

Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: {plainness: or, boldness}

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. {make...: or, hold us in suspense}

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;