Mark 4:33
In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it;
John 16:12
I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now.
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable ??35 to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
But I could not discuss things with you, my brothers, as spiritual persons; I had to address you as worldlings, as mere babes in Christ.
Hebrews 5:11-14
On this point I have a great deal to say, which it is hard to make intelligible to you. For you have grown dull of hearing.