Jesus Parables

Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, — read the full passage →

`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

The salt <FI>is<Fi> good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season <FI>it<Fi> ? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And he said, `A certain man had two sons, — read the full passage →

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?' — read the full passage →

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls, — read the full passage →

Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field, — read the full passage →

`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, — read the full passage →

Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field, — read the full passage →

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, — read the full passage →

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; — read the full passage →

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?' — read the full passage →

and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find; — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.'

`And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea, — read the full passage →

And he said, `A certain man had two sons,

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear, — read the full passage →

And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it? — read the full passage →

`Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season? — read the full passage →

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind, — read the full passage →

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well; — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, `Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves, — read the full passage →

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' — read the full passage →

`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.' — read the full passage →

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint, — read the full passage →

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not--having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains--seek that which is gone astray? — read the full passage →

`Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not--the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.'

`And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

`Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find? — read the full passage →

`Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants, — read the full passage →

for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like; — read the full passage →

And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea, — read the full passage →

And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth, — read the full passage →

`Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; — read the full passage →

`But, who is he of you--having a servant ploughing or feeding--who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat? — read the full passage →

but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

`And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put <FI>it<Fi> ; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put <FI>it<Fi> , that those coming in may see the light,

and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow, — read the full passage →

It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.

For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

`The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son, — read the full passage →

And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

and that which is bearing thorns and briers <FI>is<Fi> disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end <FI>is<Fi> for burning;

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'

`These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.

and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;

And at dawn he came again to the temple, — read the full passage →

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

`See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'

He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.'

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish--to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

And he spake also a simile unto them--`No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that <FI>is<Fi> from the new.

forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not--the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.'

`And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not--the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;

and they put up over his head, his accusation written, `This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.'

and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through;

And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

And he said to them, `Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'

And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye--to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye--to see, and ye do not know. — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

`Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer; — read the full passage →

`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? — read the full passage →

And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it? — read the full passage →

`And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put <FI>it<Fi> in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow; — read the full passage →