Proverbs 1:6

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

the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

Matthew 13:11-13

13:11 He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not. 13:12 For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 13:13 For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

Mark 4:34

4:34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.