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Ezekiel 20:49

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

Then said {H559} I, Ah {H162} Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}! they say {H559} of me, Doth he not speak {H4911} parables {H4912}?

I said, "Oh, Adonai ELOHIM! They complain that I speak only in parables."

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

Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

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Cross-References

  • John 16:25 (4 votes)

    These 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.

  • Ezekiel 17:2 (2 votes)

    Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

  • Acts 17:18 (2 votes)

    Then 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.

  • Matthew 13:13 (2 votes)

    Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

  • Matthew 13:14 (2 votes)

    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: