Matthew 13:3
He told them many things in
Matthew 13:10-13
Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable.
Matthew 13:53
When Jesus had finished these parables, He left there.
Mark 4:2-9
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
Mark 4:13
Then He said to them,
Mark 4:33
With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;
Judges 9:8-20
2 Samuel 12:1-7
And the Lord sent Nathan [the prophet] to David. He came and said to him,
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—
Isaiah 5:1-7
A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people).
My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).
Ezekiel 17:2
“Son of man, ask a riddle and tell a
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not [just] speaking in parables and making allegories?’”
Ezekiel 24:3-14
Speak a parable against the rebellious house [of Judah] and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
Micah 2:4
“On that day they shall take up a [taunting, deriding] parable against you
And wail with a doleful and bitter song of mourning and say,
‘We are completely destroyed!
God exchanges the inheritance of my people;
How He removes it from me!
He divides our fields to the rebellious [our captors].’
Habakkuk 2:6
“Will all these [victims of his greed] not take up a taunting song against him,
And in mocking derision against him
Say, ‘
How long [will he possess it]?
And [woe to him who] makes himself wealthy with loans.’
Matthew 22:1
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
Matthew 24:32
Mark 3:23
So He called them to Himself and spoke to them in
Mark 12:1
Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables:
Mark 12:12
And they were looking for a way to seize Him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they knew that He spoke this parable in reference to [and as a charge against] them. And so they left Him and went away.
Luke 8:5-8
Luke 8:10
And He said,
Luke 12:41
Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us [disciples], or to everyone else as well?”
Luke 15:3-7
So He told them this parable:
John 16:25