Lexicon :: Strong's G3850 - parabolē

Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Then the disciples came up and asked him, “Why are you speaking to them in parables? ”

“That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

“So listen to the parable of the sower:

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven[fn] that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds[fn] of flour until all of it was leavened.”

When Jesus had finished these parables, he left there.

Then Peter said, “Explain this parable to us.”

“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew he was speaking about them.

Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

So he summoned them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them,

When he was alone, those around him with the Twelve asked him about the parables.

Then he said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all of the parables?

And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

He was speaking the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.

When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

Then he said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb[fn] to me: ‘Doctor, heal yourself. What we’ve heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also.’ ”

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old.

He also told them a parable: “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

As a large crowd was gathering, and people were coming to Jesus from every town, he said in a parable,

Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean? ”

Then he told them a parable: “A rich man’s land was very productive.

“Lord,” Peter asked, “are you telling this parable to us or to everyone? ”

And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

He told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:

So he told them this parable:

Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up.

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on him that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.

This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.

He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead; therefore, he received him back, figuratively speaking.[fn]