23 Bible Verses about Jesus Using Parables

And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;

And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable.

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” Jesus answered them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.read more.
Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,

And He said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.

And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?

Peter said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.”

As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.

And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.

The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.