'Parable' in the Bible

And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?

and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.

And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.