Hello Spurgeoncy,
Scripture is clear in that, Jesus spoke parables only to that generation of Israel and not to his disciples nor to the believers that would follow. For this is what the scripture says:
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to [the people] in parables?”
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven [has been given to you, but not to them]. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
This is why I speak to them in parables:
‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled:
‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I
would heal them.’
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Therefore, Jesus spoke parables to that generation of Israel in fulfillment of the scriptures, but to his disciples and all believers, we have been given the knowledge of the kingdom of heaven.
Remember He said he only came for the lost sheep of Israel. He cannot lie.