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Ezekiel 20:49
Ezekiel 20:49 is verse 49 of Ezekiel chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
King James Version
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
World English Bible
Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”
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Ezekiel 20:47–49 · Berean Standard Bible
47 Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.
48 Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”
49 Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 13:13This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Acts 17:18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.