23 Bible Verses about Jesus Using Parables

And He spake to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

And He taught them many things in parables, and said to them in His teaching,

And He began to speak to them in parables, "A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

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

And, having called them to Him, He said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

And with many such parables He spake the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

All these things Jesus spake to the multitudes in parables; and, without a parable, He was wont to speak nothing to them;

On this account, I speak to them in parables; because, seeing, they see not; and, hearing, they hear not, nor understand.

And without a parable He spake not to them; but privately to His disciples He explained all things.

And the disciples, having come near, said to Him, "Wherefore dost Thou speak to them in parables?" And He, answering, said to them, "Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be made to abound; but whosoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.read more.
On this account, I speak to them in parables; because, seeing, they see not; and, hearing, they hear not, nor understand.

And He said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those without all things are done in parables;

And He said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables; that, seeing, they may not see, and, hearing, they may not understand.

"These things have I spoken to you in proverbs. An hour is coming, when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

This parable spake Jesus to them; but they understood not what things they were which He spake to them.

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, He departed thence.

And He said, "How shall we liken the Kingdom of God, or in what parable shall we set it forth?

And Peter, answering, said to Him, "Explain to us the parable."

And, when He was alone, those who were about Him with the twelve asked Him as to the parables.

And He saith to them, "Know ye not this parable? And how will ye know all the parables?

And Peter said, "Lord, speakest Thou this parable to us, or to all?"

And the high-priests and Pharisees, having heard His parables, knew that He was speaking concerning them.

And they were seeking to lay hold of Him; and they feared the multitude; for they knew that He spake the parable against them; and, leaving Him, they went away.

And the scribes and the high priests sought to lay hands on Him in that very hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that He spake the parable against them.