Popular Bible Verses about Parables

AND AGAIN Jesus spoke to them in parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), saying AMP

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, KJV

AND [Jesus] started to speak to them in parables [with comparisons and illustrations]. A man planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower and let it out [for rent] to vinedressers and went into another country. AMP

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. KJV

That people may understand a proverb and a figure of speech or an enigma with its interpretation, and the words of the wise and their dark sayings or riddles. AMP

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. KJV

And He said to them, To you has been entrusted the mystery of the kingdom of God [that is, the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly]; but for those outside [of our circle] everything becomes a parable AMP

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: KJV

THE PROVERBS (truths obscurely expressed, maxims, and parables) of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: AMP

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; KJV

And He said to them, Do you not discern and understand this parable? How then is it possible for you to discern and understand all the parables? AMP

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

I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words and openly (without reserve). AMP

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. KJV

And He taught them many things in parables (illustrations or comparisons put beside truths to explain them), and in His teaching He said to them: AMP

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

And He summoned them to Him and said to them in parables (illustrations or comparisons put beside truths to explain them), How can Satan drive out Satan? AMP

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

I have also spoken to [you by] the prophets, and I have multiplied visions [for you] and [have appealed to you] through parables acted out by the prophets. AMP

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. KJV