Unclear language of the Bible per the Bible

Reason for parables

Jesus speaks in parables to the crowds as they haven't received the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven

"Jesus’ disciples came and said to him, “Why do you use parables when you speak to the crowds?”

"Jesus replied, “Because they haven’t received the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but you have. For those who have will receive more and they will have more than enough. But as for those who don’t have, even the little they have will be taken away from them. This is why I speak to the crowds in parables: although they see, they don’t really see; and although they hear, they don’t really hear or understand. What Isaiah prophesied has become completely true for them:

"You will hear, to be sure, but never understand;

and you will certainly see but never recognize what you are seeing.

"For this people’s senses have become calloused,

and they’ve become hard of hearing,

and they’ve shut their eyes

so that they won’t see with their eyes

or hear with their ears

or understand with their minds,

and change their hearts and lives that I may heal them.

“Happy are your eyes because they see. Happy are your ears because they hear. I assure you that many prophets and righteous people wanted to see what you see and hear what you hear, but they didn’t."

(Matthew 13:10-17)

Parables are said to those on the outside that they may be ever seeing but never perceiving

"He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that,

"“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,

and ever hearing but never understanding;

otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’”"

(Mark 4:11-12)

The Father has revealed these teaching to little children and hidden them from the wise and learned

"At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children."

(Matthew 11:25)

Paul's letters contain some things that are hard to understand which ignorant and unstable people distort to their own destruction

"Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction."

(2 Peter 3:15-16)

See also

• Reason for unclear language of the Scriptures
• Style of writings