23 Bible Verses about Jesus Using Parables

He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

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

So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" He replied, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not. For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.read more.
For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

He said, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

"I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Now when Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there.

He also asked, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

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

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

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

Then Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?"

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

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.