Matthew 13:3, 10, 34, 35

Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”