Psalm 78:2

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 open my riddle on the harp.

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

He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,

Without a parable he didn't speak to them; 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 open my riddle on the harp.

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

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

He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.