23 Bible Verses about Jesus Using Parables

He told them many illustrations. He said: A farmer went out to sow.

He taught them many things by illustrations and said to them:

He taught them with illustrations: A man had a vineyard planted. He built a wall around it. He prepared a place for crushing out the wine and put up a tower. Then he rented it out to field workers, and went into another country.

Jesus continued to speak to them with illustrations.

Jesus called them to him and spoke to them in illustrations. He asked: How could Satan cast out Satan?

He spoke the word to them with many illustrations as long as they were able to listen.

Jesus spoke with illustrations to the crowds. He did not speak anything without using illustrations.

I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand.

He spoke only with illustrations. However he made all things clear to his disciples in private.

The disciples asked him: Why do you speak in illustrations? He responded: You are allowed to know the divine secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not for others to know. (The Greek word for you is plural and is applied to the disciples as a group.) He who has shall receive more to the point of abundance. He who does not have, it shall be taken away including that which he has.read more.
I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand.

He told them: The secret of the kingdom of God is given to you. Illustrations are spoken to outsiders.

He said: You are meant to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. I speak to the rest in illustrations, that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand.

I have spoken to you in figurative language (illustrations and proverbs). The hour comes when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language. I will tell you plainly from the Father.

They did not understand this illustration Jesus spoke to them.

After Jesus finished telling these illustrations, he left.

He said: What illustration should we use to picture the kingdom of God? What story will make it clear?

Then Peter said to him: Make the story clear to us.

When he was alone his followers including the twelve asked about the illustrations.

Then he asked: Do you not understand this illustration? How will you understand any of the illustrations?

Peter said: Lord are you speaking this illustration to us or to everyone?

When the chief priests and Pharisees heard his illustrations they realized he was talking about them.

They tried to capture him but feared the crowd. They perceived that he spoke the illustration against them. So they left him and went away.

The scribes and the chief priests attempted to capture him in that very hour. They feared the people. They perceived that he spoke this illustration against them.