Matthew 13:11-13
"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus told all this to the crowd in parables; indeed he never spoke to them except in parables,
Mark 4:34
and to them it was his practice never to speak except in parables. But he used to explain everything in private to his disciples.
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I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
I will
Dark sayings
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I will
Matthew 13:13
"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.
Dark sayings
Matthew 13:11
"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.
Mark 4:34
and to them it was his practice never to speak except in parables. But he used to explain everything in private to his disciples.
General references
Matthew 5:2
and opening his lips he began to teach them, saying.
Mark 4:22
There is nothing hidden except what is to be disclosed, and nothing concealed except what is to be revealed.