(NIV)
Then he told them many things in parables, saying:
‘A farmer went out to sow his seed. (ESV)
And he
told them many things in parables,
saying:
“A sower went out to sow.
(NIV)
The disciples came to him and asked, ‘Why do you speak to the people in parables?’
(ESV)
Then the
disciples came and
said to
him, “
Why do you
speak to
them in parables?”
(NIV)
This is why I speak to them in parables :
‘Though seeing, they do not see ;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand. (ESV)
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.
(NIV)
‘Listen then to what the parable of the sower means :
(ESV)
“Hear then the parable of the sower:
(NIV)
Jesus told them another parable:
‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. (ESV)
He
put another parable before
them,
saying,
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
(NIV)
He told them another parable:
‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. (ESV)
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.
(NIV)
He told them still another parable:
‘The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about thirty kilograms of flour until it worked all through the dough.’ (ESV)
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.”
(NIV)
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
(ESV)
All these
things Jesus said to the
crowds in parables;
indeed, he
said nothing to
them without a
parable.
(NIV)
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
‘I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.’
(ESV)
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.”
(NIV)
Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, ‘Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.’
(ESV)
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.”
(NIV)
When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.
(ESV)
And when Jesus had
finished these parables, he
went away from
there,
(NIV)
Peter said, ‘Explain the parable to us.’
(ESV)
But Peter said to
him “
Explain the parable to
us.”
(NIV)
‘Listen to another parable: there was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall round it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. (ESV)
“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.
(NIV)
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.
(ESV)
When the
chief priests and the
Pharisees heard his parables, they
perceived that he was
speaking about them.
(NIV)
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
(ESV)
And again Jesus spoke to
them in parables,
saying,
(NIV)
‘Now learn this lesson from the fig-tree: as soon as its twigs become tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. (ESV)
“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.
(NIV)
So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables:
‘How can Satan drive out Satan? (ESV)
And he
called them to
him and
said to
them in parables,
“How can Satan cast out Satan?
(NIV)
He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:
(ESV)
And he was
teaching them many things in parables,
and in his teaching he
said to
them:
(NIV)
When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.
(ESV)
And when he
was alone, those
around him with the
twelve asked him about the
parables.
(NIV)
He told them,
‘The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables (ESV)
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,
(NIV)
Then Jesus said to them,
‘Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? (ESV)
And he
said to
them,
“Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
(NIV)
Again he said,
‘What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? (ESV)
And he
said,
“With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
(NIV)
With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.
(ESV)
With
many such parables he
spoke the
word to
them as they were
able to
hear it.
(NIV)
He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
(ESV)
He did
not speak to
them without a
parable,
but privately to his
own disciples he
explained everything.
(NIV)
After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
(ESV)
And when he had
entered the
house and
left the
people his disciples asked him about the
parable.
(NIV)
Jesus then began to speak to them in parables:
‘A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall round it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. (ESV)
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.
(NIV)
Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.
(ESV)
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.
(NIV)
‘Now learn this lesson from the fig-tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. (ESV)
“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.
(NIV)
Jesus said to them,
‘Surely you will quote this proverb to me: “Physician, heal yourself!” And you will tell me, “Do here in your home town what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.”’ (ESV)
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.”
(NIV)
He told them this parable
: ‘No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. (ESV)
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.
(NIV)
He also told them this parable:
‘Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? (ESV)
He
also told them a
parable:
“Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
(NIV)
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:
(ESV)
And when a
great crowd was
gathering and people from town after
town came to him, he
said in a
parable,
(NIV)
His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
(ESV)
And when
his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
(NIV)
He said,
‘The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘ “though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.” (ESV)
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.’
(NIV)
‘This is the meaning of the parable: the seed is the word of God. (ESV)
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
(NIV)
And he told them this parable:
‘The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. (ESV)
And he
told them a
parable,
saying,
“The land of a rich man produced plentifully,
(NIV)
Peter asked, ‘Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?’
(ESV)
Peter said, “
Lord are you
telling this parable for us or for all?”
(NIV)
Then he told this parable:
‘A man had a fig-tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. (ESV)
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.
(NIV)
When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honour at the table, he told them this parable:
(ESV)
Now he
told a
parable to those who were
invited, when he
noticed how they
chose the
places of honor,
saying to them,
(NIV)
Then Jesus told them this parable:
(ESV)
So he
told them this parable:
(NIV)
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
(ESV)
And he
told them a
parable to the
effect that they
ought always to
pray and not lose heart.
(NIV)
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
(ESV)
He
also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they
were righteous,
and treated
others with
contempt:
(NIV)
While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.
(ESV)
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.
(NIV)
He went on to tell the people this parable:
‘A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time. (ESV)
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.
(NIV)
The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
(ESV)
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.
(NIV)
He told them this parable:
‘Look at the fig-tree and all the trees. (ESV)
And he
told them a
parable:
“Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.
(NIV)
This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshipper.
(ESV)
(
which is
symbolic for the
present age).
According to this
arrangement,
gifts and sacrifices are
offered that
cannot perfect the conscience of the
worshiper,
(NIV)
Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
(ESV)
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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