'Parables' in the Bible

And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,