I am going to use wise sayings and explain mysteries from the past,

He did this to make come true what the prophet had said, "I will use parables when I speak to them; I will tell them things unknown since the creation of the world."

Balaam uttered this prophecy: "Balak king of Moab has brought me From Syria, from the eastern mountains. 'Come speak for me,' he said. 'Put a curse on the people of Israel.'

But I protested, "Sovereign LORD, don't make me do it! Everyone is already complaining that I always speak in riddles."

Jesus answered, "The knowledge about the secrets of the Kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

The reason I use parables in talking to them is that they look, but do not see, and they listen, but do not hear or understand.

because their minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.'

so that they can understand the hidden meanings of proverbs and the problems that the wise raise.

"When the end of those kingdoms is near and they have become so wicked that they must be punished, there will be a stubborn, vicious, and deceitful king.

So then, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in broad daylight, and whatever you have whispered in private in a closed room will be shouted from the housetops.

Because we have this hope, we are very bold.