'Parable' in the Bible

He said to them, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you [who have teachable hearts], but those who are outside [the unbelievers, the spiritually blind] get everything in parables,

Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?

And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it?

and He did not say anything to them without [using] a parable; He did, however, explain everything privately to His own disciples.

When Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

And they were looking for a way to seize Him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they knew that He spoke this parable in reference to [and as a charge against] them. And so they left Him and went away.