Mark 4:33,34
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them and when they were alone he expounded all things to his disciples. 

You will be surprised what it doesn’t say!

It is bad to climb to the top of the mountain only to find out it's the wrong mountain. 
Make should you are following and serving and worshiping the God of the Bible and not a God that you or others have made to justify you.