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

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

²⁵ “Though I have been speaking figuratively,^(A) a time is coming^(B) when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.