'Parable' in the Bible

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.