“Proverbs are frequently so full of mystery that they can also be known as parables, as the Lord attests when he says,’I have said these things to you in proverbs; the hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but I will announce the Father to you plainly.’”
(Venerable Bede)
 

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