76 verses contain “Parable” (in the KJV: 73, in the BSB: 49) — showing 1–76
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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job continued his discourse:
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
And Job continued his discourse:
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
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.
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
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.
Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries 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.’
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
Then Jesus told them this parable:
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
The parables of knowledge are in the treasures of wisdom: but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
Be willing to hear every godly discourse; and let not the parables of understanding escape thee.
They that were of understanding in sayings became also wise themselves, and poured forth exquisite parables.
They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges’ seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conversant in dark parables.
Thy soul covered the whole earth, and thou filledst it with dark parables.