Ezekiel 20:49
And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, they say to me, Does he not use parables?
John 16:25
These have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the hour comes, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but with freedom of speech will I announce to you of the Father.
Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, propose an enigma and use a parable to the house of Israel;
Matthew 13:13-14
For this I speak to them in parables: for seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Acts 17:18
And certain of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers deliberated with him. And certain said, What may this idle, talkative man wish to say? and others, He seems to be a declarer of strange demons: because he announced to them good news, and the rising up.