2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Psalms 78:2 Cross References - UKJV
Psalms 49:4
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Proverbs 1:6
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Matthew 13:11-13
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that he has.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:34-35
Mark 4:34
34 But without a parable spoke he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.