'Stories' in the Bible

And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said: