All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Matthew 13:13
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mark 4:33
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.