I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Matthew 13:3 - American Standard Version (1901) And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow. Common English Bible He said many things to them in parables: “A farmer went out to scatter seed. Catholic Public Domain Version And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow seed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow. English Standard Version 2016 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. |
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!
and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;
And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;
And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.