Matthew 13:34-35; Matthew 22:1; Mark 4:33-34; Mark 3:23; John 16:25

Matthew 13:34-35

34 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable.

35 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: "I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL UTTER THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD."

Matthew 22:1

1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Mark 4:33-34

33 With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

34 and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

Mark 3:23

23 And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

John 16:25

25 "These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.