'Parable' in the Bible

And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?

and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.

And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.

And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.

Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;