Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Then I said, Ah Lord the LORD! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
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:
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?'
I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
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 again took up his parable, and said,
Job again took up his parable, and said,
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
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.'"
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.
He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?
When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"
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.
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
He told them this parable.
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
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.
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.
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.
He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.
He summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
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.
"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;
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
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;
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."
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
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."
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."
It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
"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.
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
"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.
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!'"
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.
He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;
He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;
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."
He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, "Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.
He took up his parable, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God does this?
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
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