Matthew 13:3

13:3 He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:10

13:10 Then the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

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.”