Jesus’ use of parables fulfilled a prophecy in Scripture.

Matthew 13:34-35

34 Jesus told the crowd parables to teach them all these things. When he spoke [HYP] to them, he habitually used such illustrations. 35 By doing that, he fulfilled what God told one of the prophets to write long ago:

I will speak [MTY] in parables; I will tell parables to teach what I have kept secret since I created the world.