Quotes About Parables

by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ëIs he not just telling parables?í”

I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

This is why I speak to them in parables: ëThough seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.í

He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

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

When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ëthough seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.í

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.