'Form' in the Bible
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
His form was shining like the light, and his clothing was white as snow:
And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:
And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.
The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?
And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:
And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,
And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.
In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.
But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.
A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;
But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;
But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.
But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.
By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.
And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light.
To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;
And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,
Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.