And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

The words

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Dark

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

General references

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.