Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV 3. The Lord, indeed, sowed good seed in His own field;[634] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI The apostles accordingly say of the Lord, that "He spake all things in parables, and without a parable spake He nothing unto them; "[240] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X For if He spoke to the multitudes in parables, and "spake all these things in parables, and without a parable spake nothing to them,"[21]