John 16:12

16:12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

John 16:16-17

16:16 In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”

16:17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is the meaning of what he is saying, ‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?”

Psalms 49:4

49:4 I will learn a song that imparts wisdom;

I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

Psalms 78:2

78:2 I will sing a song that imparts wisdom;

I will make insightful observations about the past.

Proverbs 1:6

1:6 To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable,

the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

Matthew 13:10-11

13:10 Then the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 13:11 He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

Matthew 13:34-35

The Purpose of Parables

13:34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable. 13:35 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,

I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Mark 4:13

4:13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?