Matthew 13:34

The Purpose of Parables

13:34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

Matthew 21:45

21:45 When 1  the chief priests and the Pharisees 2  heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

2 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.