And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

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

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

And it came to pass, {that} when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

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:

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear {it}.

And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

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.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

The trees went forth {on a time} to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

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

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

And he called them {unto him}, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

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.

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: {a very...: Heb. the horn of the son of oil}

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer {is} nigh:

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. {a doleful...: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations} {turning...: or, instead of restoring}

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth {that which is} not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! {Woe...: or, Ho, he}

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.

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. {proverbs: or, parables}

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, {ye are} God's building. {husbandry: or, tillage}

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;