'Parables' in the Bible

I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets."

He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world."

Now when Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

So he called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

He said, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.