16 occurrences

'Parable' in the Bible

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

Verse ConceptsNewnessMendingRepairingUnusedNot Like Things

He also told them a parable: "Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won't they both fall into a pit?

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristDitchesBlindness, SymbolicPitsParables Of ChristPeople Falling From A HeightHoles In The GroundBlindness

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around Jesusgathering

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristMeaningThe Disciples Words

He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

Verse ConceptsRich, TheFertile LandWealthy PeopleFarminguncertainty

Then Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?"

Verse ConceptsJesus Using Parablesimpulsiveness

Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsSeeking For Concrete Things

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfTablesGuest Roomsmarketing

So Jesus told them this parable:

While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

Verse ConceptsSuddenly

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsFortsAfter A Long TimeLeasingFarming

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsCrowdsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristTeachers Of The LawProper UnderstandingPeople OpposedArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus Using ParablesOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.

Verse ConceptsSigns Of The End Times

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Allegory (5 instances)
Parable (56 instances)

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