'Parables' in the Bible
He told them many things in parables, saying, “Listen carefully: a sower went out to sow [seed in his field];
Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”
This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable.
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:“I will open My mouth in parables;I will utter things [unknown and unattainable] that have been hidden [from mankind] since the foundation of the world.”
“Have you understood all these things [in the lessons of the parables]?” They said to Jesus, “Yes.”
When Jesus had finished these parables, He left there.
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was talking about them.