Bible Verses About Parable
50 Scriptures on Parable

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 24:3

Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, Thus says the Lord the LORD, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:

Habakkuk 2:6

Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'

Isaiah 14:4

that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!"

Job 27:1

Job again took up his parable, and said,

Job 29:1

Job again took up his parable, and said,

John 10:6

Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

Luke 12:16

He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

Luke 12:41

Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"

Luke 13:6

He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

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,

Luke 15:3

He told them this parable.

Luke 18:1

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

Luke 18:9

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

Luke 19:11

As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

Luke 20:19

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

Luke 20:9

He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

Luke 21:29

He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.

Luke 4:23

He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"

Luke 5:36

He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.

Luke 6:39

He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?

Luke 8:11

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:4

When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

Luke 8:9

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

Mark 12:12

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

Mark 13:28

"Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;

Mark 4:13

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

Mark 4:30

He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

Mark 4:34

Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

Mark 7:17

When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Matthew 13:18

"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

Matthew 13:24

He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

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 13:33

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."

Matthew 13:34

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,

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 15:15

Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."

Matthew 21:33

"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

Matthew 24:32

"Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

Micah 2:4

In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"

Numbers 23:18

He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

Numbers 23:7

He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

Numbers 24:15

He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;

Numbers 24:20

He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction."

Numbers 24:21

He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, "Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.

Numbers 24:23

He took up his parable, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God does this?

Numbers 24:3

He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;

Proverbs 26:7

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:9

Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

Scriptures on Parable