23 Bible Verses about Jesus Using Parables

And in stories, by way of comparison, He told them many things, as He continued to speak: "A sower went out to sow,

He continued teaching them by many stories. In His teaching He spoke to them as follows:

Then He began to speak to them in stories. "A man once planted a vineyard and fenced it in and hewed out a wine-vat and built a watchtower; then he rented it to tenant farmers, and went abroad.

Then Jesus again spoke to them in stories, and said:

So He called them to Him, and continued speaking to them in short stories, as follows: "How can Satan drive out Satan?

With many stories like these He kept on telling them the message, as far as they could understand it.

Jesus told the crowds all this in stories, and without a story He told them nothing,

This is why I am speaking to them in stories, because they look but do not see, they listen but do not really hear or understand.

He did not tell them anything except by stories, but to His own disciples He kept on privately explaining everything.

Then His disciples came up to Him and asked, "Why do you speak to them in stories?" He answered: "It is you and not they who are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. For to anyone who has, more will be given, and his supply will overflow, but from anyone who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.read more.
This is why I am speaking to them in stories, because they look but do not see, they listen but do not really hear or understand.

Then He said to them, "To you the secret of the kingdom of God has been entrusted, but to those who are on the outside everything is presented in stories, so that

So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand.

"I have told you these things in allegories, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will plainly tell you about the Father.

Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what He meant by it.

When Jesus had finished these stories, He left there.

Then He kept on saying: "How can I further picture the kingdom of God, or by what story can I illustrate it?

Then Peter said to Him, "Explain the maxim for us."

When He was by Himself, those who stayed about Him with the Twelve began to ask Him about the stories.

Then He said to them: "If you do not understand this story, how, indeed, can you understand any of my stories?

Peter said to Him, "Lord, do you mean this story for us, or is it for everybody?"

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard His stories, they knew that He was speaking about them,

Then they were trying to have Him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He aimed this story at them. And so they left Him and went away.

Then the scribes and the high priests tried to arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He meant this story for them.