Matthew 13:13-14
I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.
Matthew 13:35
in fulfilment of the saying of the Prophet, "I will open my mouth in figurative language, I will utter things kept hidden since the creation of all things."
Mark 4:33-34
With many such parables He used to speak the Message to them according to their capacity for receiving it.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.