John 16:25
I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the hour is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues, but an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering a service to God.
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Matthew 13:10-11
Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; and without a parable, he did not speak to them,
Mark 4:13
And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
John 10:6
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
John 16:12
"I have yet many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now.
John 16:16-17
A little while, and you will no longer see me. Again a little while, and you will see me."
John 16:28-29
I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."
Acts 2:33-36
Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you see and hear.
2 Corinthians 3:12-18
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.