And he said unto them, "To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: But unto them that are without, shall all things be done in similitudes:

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

The words

For the words of the wise are like pricks and nails that go through, wherewith men are kept together: for they are given of one shepherd only.

Dark

I will incline mine ear to the parable, and show my dark speech upon the harp.

I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world;

All these things spake Jesus unto the people by similitudes, and with out similitudes spake he nothing to them,

But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, which through custom have their wits exercised, to judge both good and evil also.

yea, almost in every epistle, speaking of such things: among which are many things hard to be understood: which they that are unlearned and unstable pervert, as they do other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

General references

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