'Parables' in the Bible

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables. "How can Satan drive out Satan?

He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,

When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.

He told them, "The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables

Then he told them, "You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.