G3850–παραβολή–parabolē

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”παραβολῆς parabolēs “a parable”

That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

παραβολὰς parabolas “parables”

Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

παραβολὰς parabolas “parables”

And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

παραβολήν· parabolēn “parable:”

And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

παραβολάς. parabolas “parables.”

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”παραβολὰς parabolas “parables”

And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

παραβολῇ parabolēa “parable”

And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

παραβολῆς parabolēs “parables”

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

παραβολήν. parabolēn “parable.”