'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,

And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables.

And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:

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

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;

And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.