'Parable' in the Bible

"Listen, then, to the parable about the farmer.

He presented another parable to them: "The kingdom from heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

He presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom from heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

He told them another parable: "The kingdom from heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and asked, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

Then Peter told him, "Explain to us this parable."

"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.

Then he told them, "You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?

He was also saying, "How can we show what the kingdom of God is like, or what parable can we use to describe it?

He did not tell them anything without using a parable, though he explained everything to his disciples in private.

When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.

They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.

Then he told them a parable: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, the new cloth will tear, and the piece from the new won't match the old.

He also told them a parable: "One blind person can't lead another blind person, can he? Both will fall into a ditch, won't they?

Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from every city, he said in a parable:

Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.

"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.

Then he told them a parable. He said, "The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.

Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable just for us or for everyone?"

Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.

When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor, he told them a parable.

So he told them this parable:

Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up.

Jesus also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves, thinking they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:

As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the people thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time.

When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.

Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees.