Bible Cross References
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
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.
Mark 4:33
Jesus preached his message to the people, using many other parables like these; he told them as much as they could 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.