³⁴ All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak anything to them ^(A)without a parable.

⁶ Jesus told them this ^(A)figure of speech, but they did not understand what the things which He was saying to them ^[a]meant.

²⁹ His disciples *said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and are not ^[a]using any ^(A)figure of speech.