'Parable' in the Bible

And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?

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

And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away.

But learn the parable from the fig-tree: when its branch already becomes tender and puts forth the leaves, ye know that the summer is near.