Matthew 13:3

The Parable Of The Sower

² And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach. ³ And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; ⁴ and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.

Old Man

Matthew 13:10-13

And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable.

Matthew 13:53

When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.

Mark 4:2-9

And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

Mark 4:13

And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

Mark 4:33

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

Judges 9:8-20

Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’

2 Samuel 12:1-7

Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said,
“There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will express my riddle on the harp.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,

Isaiah 5:1-7

Let me sing now for my well-beloved
A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.
My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”

Ezekiel 24:3-14

Speak a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Put on the pot, put it on and also pour water in it;

Micah 2:4

“On that day they will take up against you a taunt
And utter a bitter lamentation and say,
‘We are completely destroyed!
He exchanges the portion of my people;
How He removes it from me!
To the apostate He apportions our fields.’

Habakkuk 2:6

“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself rich with loans?’

Matthew 22:1

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Matthew 24:32

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near;

Mark 3:23

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

Mark 12:1

And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

Mark 12:12

And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.

Luke 8:5-8

“The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.

Luke 8:10

And He said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Luke 12:41

Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

Luke 15:3-7

So He told them this parable, saying,

John 16:25

“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.