Ezekiel 20:49

WEB

⁴⁹Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”

KJV

⁴⁹Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

BSB

⁴⁹Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

FBV

⁴⁹But then I said, “Oh no, Lord God! People already say, ‘He's just telling stories!’”

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Extra References

John 16:25

²⁵“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

¹³Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand. ¹⁴In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;

Acts 17:18

¹⁸Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also^[+] were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Ezekiel 17:2

²“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;