Strong’s G3850 · Greek
παραβολή
parabolḗ · par-ab-ol-ay'
Origin from παραβάλλω (G3846);
Meaning a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
In the King James Version comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
In 48 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 13:3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
- Matthew 13:10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
- Matthew 13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
- Matthew 13:18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
- Matthew 13:24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- Matthew 13:31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
- Matthew 13:33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
- Matthew 13:35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
- Matthew 13:36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
- Matthew 13:53And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
- Matthew 15:15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
- Matthew 21:33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
- Matthew 21:45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
- Matthew 22:1And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
- Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
- Mark 3:23And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
- Mark 4:2And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
- Mark 4:10And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
- Mark 4:11And 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:
- Mark 4:13And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
- Mark 4:30And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
- Mark 4:33And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
- Mark 4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
- Mark 7:17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
- Mark 12:1And 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.
- Mark 12:12And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
- Mark 13:28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
- Luke 4:23And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
- Luke 5:36And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
- Luke 6:39And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
- Luke 8:4And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
- Luke 8:9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
- Luke 8:10And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
- Luke 8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- Luke 12:16And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
- Luke 12:41Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
- Luke 13:6He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
- Luke 14:7And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
- Luke 15:3And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
- Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
- Luke 18:9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
- Luke 19:11And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
- Luke 20:9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
- Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
- Luke 21:29And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
- Hebrews 9:9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
- Hebrews 11:19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.