'Parable' in the Bible

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

He said to them, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you [who have teachable hearts], but those who are outside [the unbelievers, the spiritually blind] get everything in parables,

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

And He said: “How can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.

And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

for this [first or outer tabernacle] is a symbol [that is, an archetype or paradigm] for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which are incapable of perfecting the conscience and renewing the [inner self of the] worshiper.