Matthew 13:3
Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A farmer went out to sow.
Matthew 13:10-13
Then the disciples came and asked Jesus, "Why do you speak to people in parables?"
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
Matthew 13:53
When Jesus had finished these parables, he left that place.
Mark 4:2-9
He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,
Mark 4:13
Then he told them, "You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?
Mark 4:33
With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.
Judges 9:8-20
"Once upon a time the trees went out to consecrate a king for themselves. "So they told the olive tree, "Reign over us!'
Psalm 49:4
I will focus my attention on a proverb; I will use the harp to expound my riddle.
Psalm 78:2
I will tell a parable, speaking riddles from long ago
Isaiah 5:1-7
I will sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: "The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of Man, compose a riddle and relate a parable to Israel's house.
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "O Lord GOD! They're saying about me, "Isn't he one to propound parables?'"
Ezekiel 24:3-14
So compose a parable for the rebellious house. Tell them, "This is what the Lord God says: "Prepare your pot for boiling! Set it in place. Fill it up with water, too.
Micah 2:4
"When this happens, someone will compose a proverb about you, lamenting sorrowfully, "We are completely ruined! He has given my people's heritage to others. How he has removed it from me, dividing up our fields!'
Habakkuk 2:6
"Will not all of these ridicule him with mocking scorn? They will say, "Woe to the one who hordes for himself what isn't his. How long will you enrich yourself by extortion?'
Matthew 22:1
Again Jesus spoke to them in parables. He said,
Matthew 24:32
"Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near.
Mark 3:23
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables. "How can Satan drive out Satan?
Mark 12:1
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.
Mark 12:12
They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.
Luke 8:5-8
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and birds from the sky ate them up.
Luke 8:10
So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given in parables, so that "they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"
Luke 12:41
Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable just for us or for everyone?"
Luke 15:3-7
So he told them this parable:
John 16:25
"I have said these things to you in figurative language. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.