'Parable' in the Bible
He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven 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 Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."
"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
"Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
"Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"
He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.
He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?
When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"
He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.
He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people -- for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.