Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

So Jesus told them this parable:

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.

He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

Then Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?”

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

Jesus said to them, “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.’”

He said, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.