'Parable' in the Bible
"You, therefore, listen to the parable of the sower:
He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his field.
He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took [and] put into three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."
Jesus spoke all these [things] to the crowds in parables, and he was saying nothing to them without a parable,
Then he left the crowds [and] came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, "Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us."
But Peter answered [and] said to him, "Explain this parable to us."
"Listen to another parable: There was a man--a master of a house--who planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around] it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.
"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer [is] near.
And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?
And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or by what parable can we present it?
And he did not speak to them without a parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.
And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.
And they were seeking to arrest him, and they were afraid of the crowd, because they knew that he had told the parable with reference to them. And they left him [and] went away.
"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.
And he said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable: 'Physician, heal yourself!' Whatever we have heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also!"
And he also told a parable to them: "No one tears a patch from a new garment [and] puts [it] on an old garment. Otherwise, he will have torn the new also, and the old will not match the patch [that is] from the new.
And he also told them a parable: "Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, [can he]? Will they not both fall into a pit?
And [while] a large crowd was gathering and [they] were going to him from town [after town], he spoke by means of a parable:
And he told a parable to them, saying, "The land of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
And Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or also for everyone?"
And he told this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find [any].
Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,
And he told them a parable to [show that] they must always pray and not be discouraged,
And he also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and looked down on {everyone else}:
Now [while] they were listening to these [things], he went on [and] told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.
And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.
And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees.
Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what it was that he was saying to them.