34 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; and without a parable he did not speak to them.
Matthew 13:34 Cross References - Common
Matthew 13:13
13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Mark 4:33-34
John 16:25
25 "I have said this to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.