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Acts 5:20
“ Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”
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John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.
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John 16:1
“ I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.
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John 16:29
His disciples said,“ Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!
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Acts 5:28
saying,“ We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”
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Proverbs 1:20-23
Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:“ How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?If only you will respond to my rebuke, then I will pour out my thoughts to you and I will make my words known to you.
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Luke 8:10
He said,“ You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.
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Matthew 13:1-17
On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.He told them many things in parables, saying:“ Listen! A sower went out to sow.And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.The one who has ears had better listen!”Then the disciples came to him and said,“ Why do you speak to them in parables?”He replied,“ You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘ You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’“ But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
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2 Corinthians 3 12
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,
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Proverbs 8:1-5
Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?At the top of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand;beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:“ To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind.You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
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Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:“ I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
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John 16:25
“ I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
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Acts 17:17
So he was addressing the Jews and the God- fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.