Matthew 13:3

The Parable Of The Sower

² and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand, ³ and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow, ⁴ and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

Old Man

Matthew 13:10-13

And the disciples having come near, said to him, 'Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

Matthew 13:53

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed thence,

Mark 4:2-9

and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

Mark 4:13

And he saith to them, 'Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

Mark 4:33

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

Judges 9:8-20

'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.

2 Samuel 12:1-7

And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: 'Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;

Psalm 49:4

I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

Psalm 78:2

I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

Isaiah 5:1-7

Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill,

Ezekiel 17:2

'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?

Ezekiel 24:3-14

and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To set on the pot, to set it on, and also to pour into it water,

Micah 2:4

In that day doth one take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of woe, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.

Habakkuk 2:6

Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe to him who is multiplying what is not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

Matthew 22:1

And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,

Matthew 24:32

And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer is nigh,

Mark 3:23

And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, 'How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?

Mark 12:1

And he began to speak to them in similes: 'A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

Mark 12:12

And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;

Luke 8:5-8

'The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

Luke 8:10

And he said, 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Luke 12:41

And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'

Luke 15:3-7

And he spake unto them this simile, saying,

John 16:25

'These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.