Ezekiel 20:49
Then said I, "O LORD, they will say of me, 'Tush, they are but fables that he telleth.'"
John 16:25
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs. The time will come when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs: but I shall show you plainly from my father.
Ezekiel 17:2
"Thou son of man, put forth a dark speaking and a parable unto the house of Israel,
Matthew 13:13-14
Therefore speak I to them in similitudes: For though they see, they see not; and hearing, they hear not, neither understand.
Acts 17:18
Certain Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, disputed with him. And some there were which said, "What will this babbler say?" Others said, "He seemeth to be a tidings-bringer of new devils," because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.