Matthew 13:3, 10, 34-35

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

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.