23 Bible Verses about Jesus Using Parables

and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

And he began to speak to them in similes: 'A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,

And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, 'How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

And the disciples having come near, said to him, 'Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?' And he answering said to them that -- 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given, for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.read more.
'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

and he said to them, 'To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

And he said, 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

'These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.

This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed thence,

And he said, 'To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

And Peter answering said to him, 'Explain to us this simile.'

And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

And he saith to them, 'Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'

And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.