ASV: This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
BBE: In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.
DBY: This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was of which he spoke to them.
KJV: This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
WEY: Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.
WBS: This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.
WEB: Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
YLT: This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;
