Mat 13:3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
Mat 13:10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Mat 13:13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Mat 13:18 “Hear then the parable of the sower:
Mat 13:24 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
Mat 13:31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
Mat 13:33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”
Mat 13:34 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
Mat 13:35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables;
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Mat 13:36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
Mat 13:53 And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,
Mat 15:15 But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.”
Mat 21:33 “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
Mat 21:45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
Mat 22:1 And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,
Mat 24:32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
Mar 3:23 And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
Mar 4:2 And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
Mar 4:10 And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Mar 4:11 And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,
Mar 4:13 And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
Mar 4:30 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
Mar 4:33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
Mar 4:34 He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Mar 7:17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Mar 12:1 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.
Mar 12:12 And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
Mar 13:28 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
Luk 4:23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.”
Luk 5:36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
Luk 6:39 He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
Luk 8:4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable,
Luk 8:9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
Luk 8:10 he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
Luk 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Luk 12:16 And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully,
Luk 12:41 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?”
Luk 13:6 And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
Luk 14:7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,
Luk 15:3 So he told them this parable:
Luk 18:1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Luk 18:9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
Luk 19:11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
Luk 20:9 And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.
Luk 20:19 The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.
Luk 21:29 And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.
Heb 9:9 (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,
Heb 11:19 He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.
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