0 Why did Jesus speak in parables?

Surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. 1 Samuel 25:34

Trivia: Who cut off the end of Saul's skirt while he was going to the bathroom?

Why did Jesus speak in parables?


So that people wouldn't understand

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Luke 8:9
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Luke 8:9

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