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G3850

παραβολή

parabolē

Feminine noun · From παραβάλλω (G3846)

From G3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:—comparison, figure, parable, proverb.

Outline

  1. a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle
  2. metaph.
    1. a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude
    2. an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated
    3. a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom are figuratively portrayed
    4. a parable: an earthly story with a heavenly meaning
  3. a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force
    1. an aphorism, a maxim
  4. a proverb
  5. an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk

Usages

Matthew 13:3

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,
Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

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Matthew 13:10

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

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Matthew 13:13

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

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Matthew 13:18

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

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Matthew 13:24

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying,
The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

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Matthew 13:31

Another 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:

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Matthew 13:33

Another 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.

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Matthew 13:34

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

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Matthew 13:35

That 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.

Quoting Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

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Matthew 13:36

Then 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.

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Matthew 13:53

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

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Matthew 15:15

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

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Matthew 21:33

Hear 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:

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Matthew 21:45

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

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Matthew 22:1

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

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Matthew 24:32

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

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Mark 3:23

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

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Mark 4:2

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

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Mark 4:10

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

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Mark 4:11

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:

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Mark 4:13

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

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Mark 4:30

And he said,
Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

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Mark 4:33

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

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Mark 4:34

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

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Mark 7:17

And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

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Mark 12:1

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.

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Mark 12:12

And 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.

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Mark 13:28

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

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Luke 4:23

And 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.

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Luke 5:36

And 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.

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Luke 6:39

And he spake a parable unto them,
Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

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Luke 8:4

And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

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Luke 8:9

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

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Luke 8:10

And 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.

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Luke 8:11

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

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Luke 12:16

And he spake a parable unto them, saying,
The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

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Luke 12:41

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

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Luke 13:6

He 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.

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Luke 14:7

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

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Luke 15:3

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

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Luke 18:1

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Prayer

1 Chronicles 16:11 Psalms 55:22 Psalms 141:1-2 Psalms 145:18-19 Tobit 12:15 Ecclesiasticus 38:9 Matthew 6:5-8 Matthew 26:41 Mark 11:24-26 Romans 12:12 Philippians 4:6 Colossians 4:2 1 Thessalonians 5:17 1 Timothy 2:8 Hebrews 4:16 James 1:5-6

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Luke 18:9

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

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Luke 19:11

And 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.

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Luke 20:9

Then 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.

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Luke 20:19

And 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.

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Luke 21:29

And he spake to them a parable;
Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

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Hebrews 9:9

Which 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;

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Hebrews 11:19

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

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