23 Bible Verses about Jesus Using Parables

Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow his seed.

Then he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his teaching:

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vine dressers and went into a far country.

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying:

So he called them to himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; and without a parable he did not speak to them.

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

But without a parable he did not speak to them. And when they were alone, he explained everything to his own disciples.

The disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.read more.
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those outside everything is in parables;

he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others it is given in parables, so that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

"I have said this to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.

And he said, "With what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?

But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us."

And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to all?"

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

And they sought to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the peoplefor they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.