Matthew 13:3

The Parable Of The Sower

² And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea. ³ And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth; ⁴ And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

Old Man

Matthew 13:10-13

And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

Matthew 13:53

And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

Mark 4:2-9

And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

Mark 4:13

And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

Mark 4:33

And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

Judges 9:8-20

One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.

2 Samuel 12:1-7

And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.

Psalm 49:4

I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

Psalm 78:2

Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

Isaiah 5:1-7

Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories?

Ezekiel 24:3-14

And make a comparison for this uncontrolled people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Put on the cooking-pot, put it on the fire and put water in it:

Micah 2:4

In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.

Habakkuk 2:6

Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

Matthew 22:1

And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

Matthew 24:32

Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

Mark 3:23

And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

Mark 12:1

And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

Mark 12:12

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

Luke 8:5-8

A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

Luke 8:10

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

Luke 12:41

And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

Luke 15:3-7

And he made a story for them, saying,

John 16:25

All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.