'Parables' in the Bible
So He called them to Himself and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan?
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
As soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, together with the twelve [disciples], began asking Him about [the interpretation of] the parables.
Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?
With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;
Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a pit for the wine press and built a tower; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.