Matthew 13:11
"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.
Mark 4:10-11
When he was alone his followers and the Twelve began asking about the parables.
Mark 4:34
and to them it was his practice never to speak except in parables. But he used to explain everything in private to his disciples.
Mark 10:10
When indoors the disciples began to question Jesus again about this, and he said:
John 3:32-33
He bears testimony to what he has heard and seen, yet no one receives his testimony.
1 Corinthians 2:14
The unspiritual man rejects the teachings of God's Spirit; for him it is folly. He cannot understand it, for it is spiritually discerned,
Hebrews 3:5
And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, bearing testimony to a witness about to be spoken;
1 John 5:9-12
If we accept men's testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God, that he has borne testimony concerning his Son.
Revelation 2:17
He who has ears, let him listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him that overcomes I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no man knows, but he that receives it.
Revelation 5:1
Then I saw lying upon the right hand of Him who sat upon the throne, a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 5:5
But one of the Elders said to me. "Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, and so can open the book with its seven seals."
Revelation 10:4
When the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky, saying, "Seal up the words which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not."
Revelation 19:10
And I fell down at his feet to worship him, and he said to me. "See that you do it not. I am a fellow slave of yours and of your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus; for the testimony of Jesus is the vital breath of prophecy."