17 occurrences

'Parable' in the Bible

And he said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable: 'Physician, heal yourself!' Whatever we have heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also!"

Verse ConceptsdoctorsPhysicianInfidelity To GodGod As DoctorJesus HealingOld Sayings

And he also told a parable to them: "No one tears a patch from a new garment [and] puts [it] on an old garment. Otherwise, he will have torn the new also, and the old will not match the patch [that is] from the new.

Verse ConceptsNewnessMendingRepairingUnusedNot Like Things

And he also told them a parable: "Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, [can he]? Will they not both fall into a pit?

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristDitchesBlindness, SymbolicPitsParables Of ChristPeople Falling From A HeightHoles In The GroundBlindness

And [while] a large crowd was gathering and [they] were going to him from town [after town], he spoke by means of a parable:

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around Jesusgathering

And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristMeaningThe Disciples Words

And he told a parable to them, saying, "The land of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.

Verse ConceptsRich, TheFertile LandWealthy PeopleFarminguncertainty

And Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or also for everyone?"

Verse ConceptsJesus Using Parablesimpulsiveness

And he told this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find [any].

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsSeeking For Concrete Things

Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfTablesGuest Roomsmarketing

So he told them this parable, saying,

Now [while] they were listening to these [things], he went on [and] told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

Verse ConceptsSuddenly

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

Verse ConceptsOccupationsFortsAfter A Long TimeLeasingFarming

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsCrowdsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristTeachers Of The LawProper UnderstandingPeople OpposedArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus Using ParablesOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

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

Verse ConceptsSigns Of The End Times

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Allegory (5 instances)
Parable (56 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 39

פּארן 
Pa'ran 
Usage: 11

פּלגשׁ פּילגשׁ 
Piylegesh 
Usage: 37

פּרה 
Parah 
Usage: 1

παραβολή 
Parabole 
Usage: 38

παράδεισος 
Paradeisos 
Usage: 1

παροιμία 
Paroimia 
Usage: 3