Parables
Short stories drawn from everyday life that Jesus used to teach spiritual truths about the kingdom of God. Matthew 13:34 notes, 'Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables.' The parables include the sower (Matthew 13), the prodigal son (Luke 15), the good Samaritan (Luke 10), the lost sheep (Luke 15), the talents (Matthew 25), and many more. Jesus explained that parables simultaneously reveal truth to the receptive and conceal it from the resistant (Matthew 13:10-17). Each parable has a central point, usually surprising or subversive, that challenges conventional thinking. Parables demand a response — not just understanding but decision and action.
Verses about Parables
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Números 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jaco…
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Números 23:18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
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Números 24:3
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
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Números 24:15
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
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Números 24:20
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for e…
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Números 24:21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
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Números 24:23
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
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Jó 27:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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Jó 29:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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Salmos 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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Salmos 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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Provérbios 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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Provérbios 26:9
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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Ezequiel 17:2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
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Ezequiel 20:49
Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
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Ezequiel 24:3
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:
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Miquéias 2:4
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 porti…
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Habacuque 2:6
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…
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Mateus 13:3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
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Mateus 13:10
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?