'Simile' in the Bible
And he said unto them, 'Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'
And he spake also a simile unto them -- 'No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that is from the new.
And he spake a simile to them, 'Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:
And his disciples were questioning him, saying, 'What may this simile be?'
'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,
And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'
And he spake this simile: 'A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;
And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,
And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,
And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:
And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.
And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,
And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.
And he spake a simile to them: 'See the fig-tree, and all the trees,
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