Those who heard Jesus use this analogy didn’t understand what he was saying.
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.
Jesus spoke this proverb to them. But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them.