'Parable' in the Bible
Then he told them a parable: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, the new cloth will tear, and the piece from the new won't match the old.
He also told them a parable: "One blind person can't lead another blind person, can he? Both will fall into a ditch, won't they?
Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from every city, he said in a parable:
Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.
"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.
Then he told them a parable. He said, "The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.
Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable just for us or for everyone?"
Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.
When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor, he told them a parable.
Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up.
Jesus also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves, thinking they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:
As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the people thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.
Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time.
When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.
Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees.