Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.

He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

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

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.