Matthew 13:3

The Parable Of The Sower

² And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. ³ And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; ⁴ And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

Old Man

Matthew 13:10-13

Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.

Matthew 13:53

And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,

Mark 4:2-9

And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:

Mark 4:13

And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

Mark 4:33

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Judges 9:8-20

The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

2 Samuel 12:1-7

And the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, "There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Isaiah 5:1-7

Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Ezekiel 17:2

"Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! They are saying of me, 'Is he not a maker of parables?'"

Ezekiel 24:3-14

And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Set on the pot, set it on; pour in water also;

Micah 2:4

In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you and moan bitterly, and say, "We are utterly ruined; he changes the portion of my people; how he removes it from me! To an apostate he allots our fields."

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say, "Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own-- for how long?-- and loads himself with pledges!"

Matthew 22:1

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,

Matthew 24:32

"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Mark 3:23

And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out 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 pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.

Mark 12:12

And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Luke 8:5-8

"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.

Luke 8:10

he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

Luke 12:41

Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?"

Luke 15:3-7

So he told them this parable:

John 16:25

"I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.