23 Bible Verses about Jesus Using Parables

And he told them many things in figures, and said to them, "A sower went out to sow,

He taught them many lessons in figures, and said to them in the course of his teaching,

Then he began to speak to them in figures. "A man once planted a vineyard and fenced it in and hewed out a wine-vat and built a watch tower, and he leased it to tenants and left the neighborhood.

And Jesus spoke to them again in figures, and said,

So he called them to him and spoke to them in figures, saying, "How can Satan drive Satan out?

With many such figures he told them the message, as far as they were able to receive it.

Jesus said all this to the crowds in figures, and told them nothing except in figures,

This is why I speak to them in figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or understand.

He said nothing to them except in figures, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

His disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in figures?" He answered, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but they are not. For people who have will have more given to them, and will be plentifully supplied, and from people who have nothing even what they have will be taken away.read more.
This is why I speak to them in figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or understand.

And he said to them, "To you has been intrusted the secret of the reign of God, but to those outsiders, everything is offered in figures,

And he said, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God, but they are given to others in the form of figures, so that they may look and yet not see, and hear and yet not understand.

"I have said all this to you in figurative language, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

This was the figure Jesus used in speaking to them, but they did not understand what he meant by it.

When Jesus had finished these figures, he left that place,

"How can we find any comparison," he said, "for the reign of God, or what figure can we use to describe it?

Peter said to him, "Explain the figure for us."

When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used.

And Jesus said, "If you do not understand this figure, then how will you understand my other figures?

Peter said to him, "Master, do you mean this figure for us, or is it for everybody?"

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his figures, they knew that he was speaking about them,

And they tried to have him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that the illustration was aimed at them. And they left him and went away.

And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.