Bible Cross References
I will
Psalm 49:4
I will turn my attention to proverbs and explain their meaning as I play the harp.
Matthew 13:13
The reason I use parables in talking to them is that they look, but do not see, and they listen, but do not hear or understand.
Matthew 13:34
Jesus used parables to tell all these things to the crowds; he would not say a thing to them without using a parable.
Matthew 13:35
He did this to make come true what the prophet had said, "I will use parables when I speak to them; I will tell them things unknown since the creation of the world."
dark sayings
Proverbs 1:6
so that they can understand the hidden meanings of proverbs and the problems that the wise raise.
Matthew 13:11-13
11
Jesus answered, "The knowledge about the secrets of the Kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
12
For the person who has something will be given more, so that he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing will have taken away from him even the little he has.
13
The reason I use parables in talking to them is that they look, but do not see, and they listen, but do not hear or understand.
Mark 4:34
He would not speak to them without using parables, but when he was alone with his disciples, he would explain everything to them.