'Simile' in the Bible

'Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, 'Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'

And Peter answering said to him, 'Explain to us this simile.'

'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer is nigh,

And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

And he saith to them, 'Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

And he said, 'To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;

'And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: when the branch may already become tender, and may put forth the leaves, ye know that nigh is the summer;

And he said unto them, 'Certainly ye will say to me this simile, Physician, heal thyself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country;'

And he spake also a simile unto them -- 'No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that is from the new.

And he spake a simile to them, 'Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

And his disciples were questioning him, saying, 'What may this simile be?'

'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'

And he spake this simile: 'A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

And he spake unto them this simile, saying,

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

And he spake a simile to them: 'See the fig-tree, and all the trees,

which is a simile in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,