in.

Matthew 13:10-13, 34, 35, 53
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do You speak to the people in parables?" . . .

Matthew 22:1
Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

Matthew 24:32
Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

Judges 9:8-20
One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.' . . .

2 Samuel 12:1-7
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, "There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. . . .

Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from of old,

Isaiah 5:1-7
I will sing for my beloved, a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. . . .

Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, 'Is he not just telling parables?'"

Ezekiel 24:3
Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.

Micah 2:4
In that day they will take up a taunt against you and wail this bitter lamentation: 'We are utterly ruined; He has changed the portion of my people! How He has removed it from me; He has allotted our fields to traitors!'"

Habakkuk 2:6
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, with mockery and riddles against him, saying: 'Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?'

Mark 3:23
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan?

Mark 4:2, 13, 33
and He taught them many things in parables. And in His teaching He said, . . .

Mark 12:1, 12
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. . . .

Luke 8:10
He replied, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, 'Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.'

Luke 12:41
"Lord, " said Peter, "are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?"

Luke 15:3
Then Jesus told them this parable:

John 16:25
I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

parables.

a sower.

Mark 4:2-9
and He taught them many things in parables. And in His teaching He said, . . .

Luke 8:5-8
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. . . .