Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, say again in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
Acts 5:20
"Go," he said, "and stand in the Temple Courts, and tell the people the whole Message of this new Life."
Matthew 13:1-17
That same day, when Jesus had left the house and was sitting by the Sea,
Matthew 13:34-35
Of all this Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; indeed to them he used never to speak at all except in parables,
Luke 8:10
"To you," he said, "the knowledge of the hidden truths of the Kingdom of God has been imparted, but to others in parables only, that 'though they have eyes they may not see, and though they have ears, they may not understand.'
John 16:1
I have spoken to you in this way so that you may not falter.
John 16:13
Yet when he--The Spirit of Truth--comes, he will guide you into all Truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but he will speak of all that he hears; and he will tell you of the things that are to come.
John 16:25
I have spoken to you of all this in figures; a time is coming, however, when I shall not speak any longer to you in figures, but shall tell you about the Father plainly.
John 16:29
"At last," exclaimed the disciples, "you are using plain words and not speaking in figures at all.
Acts 5:28
"We gave you strict orders," he said, "not to teach in this Name. Yet you have actually flooded Jerusalem with your teaching, and you want to make us responsible for the death of this man."
Acts 17:17
So he argued in the Synagogue with the Jews and with those who joined in their worship, as well as daily in the public Square with those who happened to be there.
2 Corinthians 3:12
With such a hope as this, we speak with all plainness;