23 Bible Verses about Jesus Using Parables

And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow.

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

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.

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,

And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

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

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

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.read more.
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,

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.'

"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.

This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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

And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?

But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us."

And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

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

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

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

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.

The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.