Bible Verses about “parables”

“came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.”

“"But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.”

“But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,”

“On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'”

“Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"”

“"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.”

“In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.”

“He cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.'”

“Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'”

“It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.”

“"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.”

“A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,”

“and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.”

“"He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;”

“for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'”

“"But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'”

“"He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'”

“"He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"”

“for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.”

“"Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.”

“"He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”

“The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'”

“Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;”

“But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!”

“I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.”

“I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'”

“He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.”

“Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.”

“But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"”

“He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.”

“He said, "A certain man had two sons.”

“The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.”

“When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.”

“"He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.”

“But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.”

“He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.”

“He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'”

“But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.”

“But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'”

“Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.”

“By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.”

“In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.”

“So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."”

“He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."”

“"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'”

“I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'”

“which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."”

“Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

“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 said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.”