All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

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.

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. {the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech}

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.

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. {the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech}

The secret {things belong} unto the LORD our God: but those {things which are} revealed {belong} unto us and to our children for ever, that {we} may do all the words of this law.

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, {even} the hidden {wisdom}, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

The words of a man's mouth {are as} deep waters, {and} the wellspring of wisdom {as} a flowing brook.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, {saying}, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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. {proverbs: or, parables}

Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. {in my mouth: Heb. in my palate}

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, {continued: Heb. added to take up}

And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set {it} on, and also pour water into it:

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

For he that speaketh in an {unknown} tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth {him}; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. {understandeth: Gr. heareth}

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,