Matthew 13:34
“All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:”
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Cross-References
“I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:”
“These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.”
“And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.”
“To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”
“And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.”