NIV: The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"
NAS: And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
KJV: And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
GWT: The disciples asked him, "Why do you use stories as illustrations when you speak to people?"
ASV: And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
BBE: And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
DBY: And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
DRB: And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
WBS: And the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
WEB: The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
YLT: And the disciples having come near, said to him, 'Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'
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