Psa 49:4, 78:2, Pro 1:6, Mat 13:10-11, 34-35, Mar 4:13, Joh 16:12, 16-17 | ESV | STEP | I will incline my ear to a proverb ; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre .

kCited from Ps. 78:2

l[ver. 11; Rom. 16:25, 26; 1 Cor. 2:7]

m ch. 25:34; Luke 11:50; [John 17:24; Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20]

nFor ver. 13-20, see Matt. 13:18-23; Luke 8:11-15

oSee ch. 7:33

p[ver. 22]

q[Mark 9:10, 32]

r ver. 16

s ver. 10

Psalms 49:4

4 I will incline my ear to ^aa proverb;
I will solve my ^briddle to the music of the lyre.

Psalms 78:2

2 ^cI will open my mouth ^din a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Proverbs 1:6

6 to understand a proverb and a saying,
^ethe words of the wise and their ^friddles.

Matthew 13:10-11

The Purpose of the Parables

10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered them, ^g“To you it has been given to know ^hthe secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Matthew 13:34-35

Prophecy and Parables

34 ⁱAll these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet}

^k“I will open my mouth in parables;
^lI will utter what has been hidden ^msince the foundation of the world.”

Mark 4:13

13 ⁿAnd he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

John 16:12

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

John 16:16-17

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

16 ^o“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and ^pagain a little while, and you will see me.” 17 So ^qsome of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ^r‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ^s‘because I am going to the Father’?”