Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
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Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
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Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”
Matthew 13:13
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:3
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
Matthew 13:10
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 13:11
He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
Matthew 13:1
On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside.
Mark 3:23
He summoned them and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
John 16:12
“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
John 16:25
“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:29
His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.
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Matthew 13:31
He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field,
Matthew 13:32
which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”
Matthew 13:33
He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all 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 my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.
Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Judges 14:12
Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
Ezekiel 17:2
“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Luke 14:7
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
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Mark 4:30
He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
Mark 4:31
It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
Mark 4:32
yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”
Mark 4:33
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
Mark 4:34
Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Matthew 23:31
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
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