Matthew 13:3
And he spoke many [things] to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow,
Matthew 13:10-13
And the disciples came up [and] said to him, "{Why} do you speak to them in parables?"
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these [things] to the crowds in parables, and he was saying nothing to them without a parable,
Matthew 13:53
And it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables he went away from there.
Mark 4:2-9
And he began to teach 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? And how will you understand all the parables?
Mark 4:33
And with many parables such as these he was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear [it].
Judges 9:8-20
"The trees went certainly, to anoint a king over themselves. And they said to the olive tree, 'Rule over us.'
2 Samuel 12:1-7
So Yahweh sent Nathan to David, and he came to him and said, "Two men were in a certain city; one [was] rich and the other [was] poor.
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will {propound} my riddle on a lyre.
Psalm 78:2
I will offer a parable [with] my mouth. I will pour out riddles from long ago,
Isaiah 5:1-7
Let me sing for my beloved a song of my love concerning his vineyard: {My beloved had a vineyard} on {a fertile hill}.
Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of man, tell a riddle and quote a proverb to the house of Israel,
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, they are saying about me, '[Is] he not posing a parable?'"
Ezekiel 24:3-14
And {deliver a proverb} to {the rebellious house}, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Place the pot! Place [it] and also pour water into it.
Micah 2:4
In that day they will raise a proverb against you, and will wail a bitter wailing, saying, "We are utterly ruined; he exchanges [the] portion of my people. How he removes [it] from me; he apportions our field to an apostate."
Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not all of these take up a taunt against him, with ridicule and riddles against him, saying, 'Woe to him who heaps up what is not his'? [For] how long? And, '[Woe to him] who makes himself heavy with pledges'?
Matthew 22:1
And continuing, Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
Matthew 24:32
"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: Whenever 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] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?
Mark 12:1
And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around it], and dug a trough for the winepress, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.
Mark 12:12
And they were seeking to arrest him, and they were afraid of the crowd, because they knew that he had told the parable with reference to them. And they left him [and] went away.
Luke 8:5-8
"The sower went out to sow his seed, and while he was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path and was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
Luke 8:10
And he said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest [they are] in parables, so that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
Luke 12:41
And Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or also for everyone?"
Luke 15:3-7
So he told them this parable, saying,
John 16:25
"I have said these [things] to you in figurative sayings. An hour is coming when I will speak to you in figurative sayings no longer, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.