32 occurrences

'Parable' in the Bible

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Verse ConceptsLikeningFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsSowing Seeds

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

Verse ConceptsLikeningParables Of SowingFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomSeedsSowing Seeds

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsJesus Using Parables

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessCrowds AvoidedFigurative FieldsEntering HousesChrist With His Disciples

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleJesus Using Parables

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Verse ConceptsSpringTendernessSummerSoftnessNear The Time GenerallyParable Of The Fig TreeSeasons Changingspringtimerebirth

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessIsolated PersonsQuestioning ChristTwelve DisciplesJesus Using Parables

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

Verse ConceptsCommunicationDo You Understand?Jesus Using Parables

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsHow Disciples LearnExposition Of The ScripturesJesus As Our TeacherChrist Speaking To DisciplesJesus Using Parables

And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessEntering HousesQuestioning ChristThe Disciples Words

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristTeachers Of The LawProper UnderstandingArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus Using ParablesLeaving People Alone

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

Verse ConceptsSpringTendernessSummerSoftnessFoliageParable Of The Fig Tree

And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.

Verse ConceptsNewnessMendingRepairingUnusedNot Like Things

And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around Jesusgathering

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristMeaningThe Disciples Words

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Verse ConceptsRich, TheFertile LandWealthy PeopleFarminguncertainty

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

Verse ConceptsJesus Using Parablesimpulsiveness

He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsSeeking For Concrete Things

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

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And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

Verse ConceptsSuddenly

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsFortsAfter A Long TimeLeasingFarming

And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

Verse ConceptsSigns Of The End Times

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

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