Matthew 13:3, 10, 34-35

And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”