Matthew 13:13-14
That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.
Matthew 13:35
in fulfillment of these words in the Prophet--'I will speak to them in parables; I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world.'
Mark 4:33-34
With many such parables Jesus used to speak to the people of his Message, as far as they were able to receive it;
1 Corinthians 13:12
As yet we see, in a mirror, dimly, but then-face to face! As yet my knowledge is incomplete, but then I shall know in full, as I have been fully known.