Psalm 78:2

Lessons From Israel's Past

¹ {An instruction. Of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. ² I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old, ³ Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:

From the Beginning

Of the World

Psalm 49:4

I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.

Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

Matthew 13:11-13

And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

Mark 4:34

but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.