Matthew 13:3
And he told them many things in figures, and said to them, "A sower went out to sow,
Matthew 13:10-13
His disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in figures?"
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus said all this to the crowds in figures, and told them nothing except in figures,
Matthew 13:53
When Jesus had finished these figures, he left that place,
Mark 4:2-9
He taught them many lessons in figures, and said to them in the course of his teaching,
Mark 4:13
And Jesus said, "If you do not understand this figure, then how will you understand my other figures?
Mark 4:33
With many such figures he told them the message, as far as they were able to receive it.
Matthew 22:1
And Jesus spoke to them again in figures, and said,
Matthew 24:32
"Let the fig tree teach you the lesson. As soon as its branches grow soft and put forth leaves, you know that summer is coming.
Mark 3:23
So he called them to him and spoke to them in figures, saying, "How can Satan drive Satan out?
Mark 12:1
Then he began to speak to them in figures. "A man once planted a vineyard and fenced it in and hewed out a wine-vat and built a watch tower, and he leased it to tenants and left the neighborhood.
Mark 12:12
And they tried to have him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that the illustration was aimed at them. And they left him and went away.
Luke 8:5-8
"A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and was trodden on, and the wild birds ate it up.
Luke 8:10
And he said, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God, but they are given to others in the form of figures, so that they may look and yet not see, and hear and yet not understand.
Luke 12:41
Peter said to him, "Master, do you mean this figure for us, or is it for everybody?"
Luke 15:3-7
So in speaking to them he used this figure:
John 16:25
"I have said all this to you in figurative language, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will tell you plainly about the Father.