I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.