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

Appears in a total of 49 verses:

MRK 4:2

OET-LV: 2 And he _was _teaching them many things in parables, and was _saying to _them in the teaching of _him, (MRK 4:2)

OET-RV: 2 From there, he taught them many different things in parables, including this one: (MRK 4:2)

MRK 4:11

OET-LV: 11 And he _was _saying to _them: The mystery of _the kingdom of_ the _god has _been _given to _you _all, but to _those who are outside, all the things is _becoming in parables, (MRK 4:11)

OET-RV: 11 and he told them, “You’ve been given understanding about God’s kingdom, but for others, they’ll get it in parables (MRK 4:11)

MRK 7:17

OET-LV: 17 And when he _came _in into the_house from the crowd, the apprentices/followers of _him were _asking him the parable. (MRK 7:17)

OET-RV: 17 When Yeshua came back inside, his apprentices asked him what he meant. (MRK 7:17)

LUK 20:9

OET-LV: 9 And he _began to _be _speaking this the parable to the people: A_man planted a_vineyard, and rented _out it to _tenant _farmers, and travelled many times. (LUK 20:9)

OET-RV: 9 Then Yeshua started telling this parable to the people: “Once a man planted a vineyard and rented it out to tenant farmers before heading off on his trips. (LUK 20:9)

LUK 8:9

OET-LV: 9 And the apprentices/followers of _him were _asking him: What this? might _be the parable? (LUK 8:9)

OET-RV: 9 After this, his apprentices asked him, “What’s that parable all about?” (LUK 8:9)

MAT 13:35

OET-LV: 35 so _that the message may _be _fulfilled having _been _spoken by the prophet saying: I _will _be _opening _up the mouth of _me in parables, I _will _be _uttering things having _been _hidden from the_foundation of_the_world. (MAT 13:35)

OET-RV: 35 so that what had been written by the prophet would be fulfilled:
⇔ ‘I will be saying things that have been hidden since the creation of the world.’ (MAT 13:35)

MAT 13:13

OET-LV: 13 Because _of this I _am _speaking in parables to _them, because seeing they _are_ not _seeing, and hearing they _are_ not _hearing, nor are _they _understanding. (MAT 13:13)

OET-RV: 13 That’s why I speak to them in parables, because when they look they don’t see, and when they listen, they don’t hear or understand, (MAT 13:13)

MRK 12:12

OET-LV: 12 And they _were _seeking to _apprehend him, and they _were _afraid the crowd, because/for they _knew that he _spoke the parable against them. And having _left him, they _went _away. (MRK 12:12)

OET-RV: 12 Then those leaders tried to arrest him because they knew that it was them that the parable was addressed at, but they couldn’t do it because Yeshua had the favour of the crowd, so they just left the area. (MRK 12:12)

MAT 13:31

OET-LV: 31 Another parable he _set _before to _them saying, the kingdom of _the heavens is Similar to_a_seed of _mustard, which a_man having _taken sowed in the field of _him, (MAT 13:31)

OET-RV: 31 Another one of his parables went like this: “The heavenly kingdom is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. (MAT 13:31)

MAT 13:18

OET-LV: 18 Therefore you _all hear the parable of _the one having _sown. (MAT 13:18)

OET-RV: 18 “So now listen to the meaning of the parable about the person spreading seed. (MAT 13:18)

LUK 8:11

OET-LV: 11 And this is the parable: the seed is the message of_ the _god. (LUK 8:11)

OET-RV: 11 “So this is what the parable means: the seeds are God’s message. (LUK 8:11)

MRK 12:1

OET-LV: 12 And he _began to _be _speaking to _them in parables: A_man planted a_vineyard and put_ a_fence _around, and dug a_trough, and built a_tower, and rented _out it to_the_tenant _farmers, and travelled. (MRK 12:1)

OET-RV: 12 Then he started telling them some parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, dug out a wine-pressing pit, and built a security tower. Then he rented it out and went off travelling. (MRK 12:1)

MRK 4:30

OET-LV: 30 And he _was _saying: How may _we _liken the kingdom of_ the _god, or with what parable may _we _present it? (MRK 4:30)

OET-RV: 30 Again he said, “What could we liken God’s kingdom to? Or what parable could we explain it with? (MRK 4:30)

LUK 21:29

OET-LV: 29 And he _said parable to _them: Watch the fig _tree and all the trees, (LUK 21:29)

OET-RV: 29 Then he told them a parable: “Watch the fig tree and all the trees. (LUK 21:29)

MRK 4:10

OET-LV: 10 And when he _became down/against/according _to alone, they with the twelve about him were _asking him the parables. (MRK 4:10)

OET-RV: 10 Later when the crowd had left, the twelve apprentices asked him about the parables (MRK 4:10)

LUK 12:41

OET-LV: 41 And the Petros said: master, are _you _telling the this parable to us, or also to all? (LUK 12:41)

OET-RV: 41 Then Peter asked, “Master, is that parable just for us, or is it for everyone?” (LUK 12:41)

LUK 16:19

OET-LV: 19 And a_ certain _man was rich, and was _dressing _in purple and linen, being _gladdened splendidly in _every day. (LUK 16:19)

OET-RV: 19 “Once there was a rich man who dressed like a king and had everything in life to make him happy and content. (LUK 16:19)

MAT 21:33

OET-LV: 33 Hear another parable: a_man was a_home _owner, who planted a_vineyard, and put_ a_fence _around to _it: and dug a_wine-press in it, and built a_tower, and rented_ it _out to _tenant _farmers, and travelled. (MAT 21:33)

OET-RV: 33 “Listen to another parable: A landowner planted a vineyard and fenced it, and he carved a wine-pressing pit into it and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to tenant farmers and moved away. (MAT 21:33)

LUK 13:6

OET-LV: 6 And he _was _speaking this the parable: Someone was _having a_fig _tree having _been _planted in the vineyard of _him, and he _came seeking fruit on it, and he_ not _found any. (LUK 13:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then Yeshua told them this parable, “There was a landowner who’d planted a fig tree in his vineyard, and he went to see if it had any fruit on it, but there wasn’t any (LUK 13:6)

LUK 18:9

OET-LV: 9 And he_ also _spoke the this parable to some which having _trusted in themselves that they _are righteous and scorning the others: (LUK 18:9)

OET-RV: 9 Then Yeshua also told this parable to some who felt that they were guiltless before God because of their own goodness, and so they scorned others: (LUK 18:9)

MAT 13:36

OET-LV: 36 Then having _sent _away the crowds, he _came into the house. And the apprentices/followers of _him approached to _him saying: Explain to _us the parable of _the darnels of _the field. (MAT 13:36)

OET-RV: 36 Then Yeshua left the crowd and went into the house. His apprentices followed him in and asked him for the interpretation of the parable about the poisonous black wheat in the field. (MAT 13:36)

LUK 14:7

OET-LV: 7 And he _was _speaking a_parable to the ones having _been _invited, noticing how they _were _choosing the best _places, saying to them, (LUK 14:7)

OET-RV: 7 Then he told a parable to all the invited guests after he’d noticed them choosing the best places around the table, telling them, (LUK 14:7)

LUK 8:10

OET-LV: 10 And he said: It _has _been _given to _you _all to _know the mysteries of _the kingdom of_ the _god, but to _the rest in parables, in _order _that seeing they _may_ not _be _seeing, and hearing they _may_ not _be _understanding. (LUK 8:10)

OET-RV: 10 “You’re permitted to know the mysteries of God’s kingdom,” responded Yeshua, “but the others get parables so that when they look, they won’t see, and when they listen, they won’t understand. (LUK 8:10)

MRK 4:13

OET-LV: 13 And he _is _saying to _them: You _all _have_ not _known the this parable, and how ˓will˒_you _all _be _knowing all the parables? (MRK 4:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then Yeshua said to them, “If you didn’t understand this parable, how will you understand any others? (MRK 4:13)

LUK 5:36

OET-LV: 36 And he _was_ also _speaking a_parable to them: that No _one having _torn a_patch of a_ new _garment, is _putting _on it on an_ old _garment, but if not surely both the new will _be _tearing, and the patch which of the new not will _be _agreeing _together with _the old. (LUK 5:36)

OET-RV: 36 Then he went on to tell them this parable, “No one repairs their old clothes by putting on a patch of new material. If they did, the new patch will likely tear off again, plus it wouldn’t look right anyway. (LUK 5:36)

MAT 13:53

OET-LV: 53 And it _became when the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) finished the these parables, he _withdrew from _there. (MAT 13:53)

OET-RV: 53 After Yeshua had finished explaining the parables, he left that place, (MAT 13:53)

MAT 15:15

OET-LV: 15 And the Petros answering said to _him: Interpret the parable to _us. (MAT 15:15)

OET-RV: 15 But Peter asked him, “So explain your saying to us.” (MAT 15:15)

LUK 12:16

OET-LV: 16 And he _spoke a_parable to them saying: The land of_a_ certain rich _man yielded _well. (LUK 12:16)

OET-RV: 16 Then he told them all this parable, “One time a rich man’s farm produced a really good harvest. (LUK 12:16)

MRK 4:33

OET-LV: 33 And with_ many _such parables, he _was _speaking the message to _them, as they _were _able to _be _hearing, (MRK 4:33)

OET-RV: 33 ⇔And so as much as they could handle it, Yeshua shared the good message with them via many similar word pictures. (MRK 4:33)

MAT 13:34

OET-LV: 34 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) spoke all these things in parables to _the crowds, and he _was _speaking nothing to _them without a_parable, (MAT 13:34)

OET-RV: 34 Yeshua told all these things to the crowds in the form of parables. In fact he said nothing that wasn’t a parable, (MAT 13:34)

LUK 6:39

OET-LV: 39 And he_ also _spoke a_parable to _them: Surely _not a_blind one is _able to _be _guiding a_blind one? ˓Will˒_ not _be _falling both into a_pit? (LUK 6:39)

OET-RV: 39 Then Yeshua told them a parable: “Surely a blind person can’t be a guide for someone else who’s blind. Won’t both of them fall into a ditch? (LUK 6:39)

LUK 8:4

OET-LV: 4 And a_ great _crowd Coming _together and of _the ones in the_city journeying to him, he _spoke by parable: (LUK 8:4)

OET-RV: 4 A large crowd gathered around Yeshua, including many who’d travelled out from the city, and he told them this parable: (LUK 8:4)

MAT 13:33

OET-LV: 33 Another parable he _spoke to _them: the kingdom of _the heavens is Similar to _leaven, which a_woman having _taken, hid _in in three satons of _wheat _flour, until all of _which was _leavened. (MAT 13:33)

OET-RV: 33 In another parable, Yeshua said, “The heavenly kingdom is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a month’s worth of flour, and eventually all of it rose.” (MAT 13:33)

MRK 3:23

OET-LV: 23 And having _called _to them, he _was _saying to _them in parables: How is_ Satan/(Sāţān) _able to _be _throwing _out Satan? (MRK 3:23)

OET-RV: 23 But Yeshua addressed them: “How could Satan command himself? (MRK 3:23)

MAT 24:32

OET-LV: 32 And learn the parable of the fig _tree: whenever the branch of _it may_ already _become tender and the leaves may _be _sprouting _out, you _all _are _knowing that the summer is near. (MAT 24:32)

OET-RV: 32 “So learn the parable about the fig tree: whenever its branches green up and leaves start to sprout out, you know that summer is coming. (MAT 24:32)

LUK 19:11

OET-LV: 11 And from _them hearing these things having _proceeded, he _said a_parable because _of that him to _be near of _Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and them to _be _supposing that the kingdom of_ the _god is_ immediately _going to _be _being _appeared. (LUK 19:11)

OET-RV: 11 Then Yeshua went on to tell a parable to those who heard all that, because he was getting near to Yerushalem and they had assumed that God’s kingdom was going appear straight away. (LUK 19:11)

LUK 20:19

OET-LV: 19 And the scribes and the chief _priests sought to _lay _on their hands on him, in the_same the hour, and they _were _afraid the people, because/for they _knew that he _spoke the this parable against them. (LUK 20:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then because the religious teachers and the chief priests knew that Yeshua had used that parable to speak about them, they tried at the time to capture him, but couldn’t, because they were afraid of the number of people around. (LUK 20:19)

HEB 9:9

OET-LV: 9 which is a_parable for the time which having _presented, in which gifts both and sacrifices are _being _offered, not being _able concerning conscience to _perfect the one serving, (HEB 9:9)

OET-RV: 9 This was an illustration intended for the present time when gifts and sacrifices are still being offered, but are not able to make the conscience of the one serving perfect— (HEB 9:9)

MRK 4:34

OET-LV: 34 and he _was_ not _speaking without parable to _them, by but himself to _his own apprentices/followers, he _was _explaining all things. (MRK 4:34)

OET-RV: 34 He never spoke without those illustrations, but he explained all of them to his close followers. (MRK 4:34)

MAT 22:1

OET-LV: 22 And the Yaʸsous answering, again spoke to _them in parables saying, (MAT 22:1)

OET-RV: 22 Yeshua, still answering them, told another parable: (MAT 22:1)

MAT 21:45

OET-LV: 45 And the chief _priests and the Farisaios_party having _heard the parables of _him, they _knew that he _is _speaking about them. (MAT 21:45)

OET-RV: 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard those parables, they knew he was talking about them. (MAT 21:45)

MAT 13:10

OET-LV: 10 And the apprentices/followers having _approached said to _him: For/Because_ why _reason are _you _speaking to _them in parables? (MAT 13:10)

OET-RV: 10 After this, his apprentices came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” (MAT 13:10)

MAT 13:3

OET-LV: 3 And he _spoke many things to _them in parables saying: Behold, the one sowing came _out of _the time to _be _sowing. (MAT 13:3)

OET-RV: 3 From there, he told them many parables, saying, “Listen, a farmer went out to plant seed at the right time of the year. (MAT 13:3)

LUK 4:23

OET-LV: 23 And he _said to them: Certainly you _all _will _be _saying to _me the this parable: Physician, heal yourself, as _much _as we _heard having _become in the Kafarnaʼoum, also do here in the hometown of _you. (LUK 4:23)

OET-RV: 23 Then Yeshua answered them, “I’m sure you’ll all be telling me that parable about the doctor who needed to heal himself, because you’ll be wanting me to do here in my hometown what I did in Capernaum. (LUK 4:23)

HEB 11:19

OET-LV: 19 having _counted that even from the_dead to _be _raising him powerful was the god, whence him also in a_parable he _received _back. (HEB 11:19)

OET-RV: 19 Abraham had reckoned that God was powerful enough to bring him back to life from the dead, and in a manner of speaking, that’s what happened. (HEB 11:19)

MRK 13:28

OET-LV: 28 And learn the parable of the fig _tree: whenever the branch of _it may _become already tender, and may _be _sprouting _out the leaves, you _all _are _knowing that the summer is near. (MRK 13:28)

OET-RV: 28 “So learn a lesson from fig trees—whenever the branches green up and start sprouting leaves, then everyone knows that summer is close. (MRK 13:28)

LUK 18:1

OET-LV: 18 And he _was _speaking a_parable to _them, because/for the way it _to _be _fitting always them to _be _praying and to _be_ not _losing _heart (LUK 18:1)

OET-RV: 18 Then he told them another parable about how it’s good to always be praying and not to become discouraged: (LUK 18:1)

LUK 15:3

OET-LV: 3 And he _said to them the this parable saying, (LUK 15:3)

OET-RV: 3 So Yeshua told them this parable: (LUK 15:3)

MAT 13:24

OET-LV: 24 He _set _before to _them another parable saying: The kingdom of _the heavens was _likened to_a_man having _sown good seed in the field of _him. (MAT 13:24)

OET-RV: 24 Then Yeshua told them another parable, saying, “The heavenly kingdom is like a farmer who’s planted good seed in his field. (MAT 13:24)

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