All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,
Matthew 13:34
Surrounding context
13:33 Another parable He spoke to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened."
13:34 All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,
13:35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world."