8 occurrences
'Parables' in the Bible
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:“I will open My mouth in parables;I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.