G3850–παραβολή–parabolē

And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

παραβολήν· parabolēn “parable:”

And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “proverb”

And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “a parable”

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

παραβολὴν parabolēn “a parable”

And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

παραβολῆς· parabolēs “a parable:”

And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

παραβολή; parabolē “parable”

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

παραβολαῖς parabolais “parables”

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

παραβολή· parabolē “parable:”

And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

παραβολὴν parabolēn “a parable”

And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

παραβολήν· parabolēn “parable:”

And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

παραβολὴν parabolēn “a parable”

And he made a story for them, saying,

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

παραβολὴν parabolēn “a parable”

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “a parable”

And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

παραβολὴν parabolēn “parable”

And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;

παραβολὴν parabolēn “a parable”

And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

παραβολὴ parabolē “a symbol”

Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

παραβολῇ parabolēa “a simile”