'Parable' in the Bible

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.

And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:

In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and'say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

Hear then ye the parable of the sower.

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:

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

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 it was all leavened.

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?

and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.

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

And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.

Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country.

And he spake also a parable unto them: No man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the new, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old.

And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

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

And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?

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

And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

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

And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

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

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