Ezekiel 20:49
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
John 16:25
These things have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the time cometh when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly concerning the Father.
Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Matthew 13:13-14
Therefore I speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Acts 17:18
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? some others, He seemeth to be a setter-forth of strange gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.