'Parable' in the Bible

And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?

And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or by what parable can we present it?

And he did not speak to them without a parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

And they were seeking to arrest him, and they were afraid of the crowd, because they knew that he had told the parable with reference to them. And they left him [and] went away.

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