³⁴ And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples.^(A)

⁶ Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand^(A) what He was telling them.

Jesus the Victor

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