'Parable' in the Bible
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!
Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,
And he saw Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be for destruction.
And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Firm is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest fixed in the rock;
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas! Who shall live when God doeth this?
I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,
And propose a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Set on the pot, set it on, and also pour water into it.
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his field;
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;
He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,
Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Expound to us the parable of the darnel of the field.
And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.
Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the summer is near.
And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?
but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.
And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away.
But learn the parable from the fig-tree: when its branch already becomes tender and puts forth the leaves, ye know that the summer is near.
And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.
And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment upon an old garment, otherwise he will both rend the new, and the piece which is from the new will not suit with the old.
And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind man lead a blind man? shall not both fall into the ditch?
And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:
And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be?
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?
And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find any.
And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,
And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,
And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable:
But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested.
And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.
And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.
And he spoke a parable to them: Behold the fig-tree and all the trees;