Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
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Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
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Matthew 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Matthew 13:13
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Matthew 13:11
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 13:1
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
Mark 3:23
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
John 16:12
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
John 16:25
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
John 16:29
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
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Matthew 13:31
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
Matthew 13:32
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Matthew 13:33
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Psalms 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Judges 14:12
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Luke 14:7
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
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Mark 4:30
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
Mark 4:31
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
Mark 4:32
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Mark 4:33
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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Matthew 23:31
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
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