'Parables' in the Bible

And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:

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

For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the world's foundation.

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

And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.

And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying,

And having called them to him, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,

And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him as to the parables.

And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables,

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

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,

And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

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