9 occurrences

'Parable' in the Bible

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his field;

Verse ConceptsLikeningFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsSowing Seeds

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

Verse ConceptsLikeningParables Of SowingFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomSeedsSowing Seeds

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.

Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsJesus Using Parables

Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Expound to us the parable of the darnel of the field.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessCrowds AvoidedFigurative FieldsEntering HousesChrist With His Disciples

And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleJesus Using Parables

Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the summer is near.

Verse ConceptsSpringTendernessSummerSoftnessNear The Time GenerallyParable Of The Fig TreeSeasons Changingspringtimerebirth

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