Ezekiel 20:49
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Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
In other translations
Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- John 16:25These 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.I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
- Matthew 13:13-1413 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
- Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
- Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
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