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Eze 20:49 — Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Doth		Is it not his usual custom to deal in enigmas? His figures are not to be understood; we should not trouble ourselves with them. God therefore commands the prophet to declare, in the next chapter, the same things in the plainest terms, so that they should not complain of his parables. Mat 13:13,14; Jhn 16:25; Act 17:18

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Doth

	Mat 13:13	Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
	Mat 13:14	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:
	Jhn 16:25	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.
	Act 17:18	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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 20:49," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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