Bible Verses About Parables

“Moreover, I myself say to you: keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

“When a strong man who is fully equipped for battle guards his own house, his possessions are secure.

“No one who has kindled a lamp hides it or places it under a bowl; rather, he puts it on a stand, so that those coming in may see its light.

The lamp of your body is the eye. When you have a ‘good eye,’ [that is, when you are generous,] your whole body is full of light; but when you have an ‘evil eye,’ [when you are stingy,] your body is full of darkness.

So take care that the light in you is not darkness!

If, then, your whole body is filled with light, with no part dark, it will be wholly lighted, as when a brightly lit lamp shines on you.”

And he gave them this illustration: “There was a man whose land was very productive.

He debated with himself, ‘What should I do? I haven’t enough room for all my crops.’

Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and I’ll store all my wheat and other goods there.

Then I’ll say to myself, “You’re a lucky man! You have a big supply of goods laid up that will last many years. Start taking it easy! Eat! Drink! Enjoy yourself!”’

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will die! And the things you prepared — whose will they be?’

That’s how it is with anyone who stores up wealth for himself without being rich toward God.”

Then to the crowds Yeshua said, “When you see a cloud-bank rising in the west, at once you say that a rainstorm is coming;

and when the wind is from the south, you say there will be a heat wave, and there is.

Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky — how is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?

Why don’t you decide for yourselves what is the right course to follow?

Then Yeshua gave this illustration: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit but didn’t find any.

So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘Here, I’ve come looking for fruit on this fig tree for three years now without finding any. Cut it down — why let it go on using up the soil?’

But he answered, ‘Sir, leave it alone one more year. I’ll dig around it and put manure on it.

If it bears fruit next year, well and good; if not, you will have it cut down then.’”

It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds flying about nested in its branches.”

When Yeshua noticed how the guests were choosing for themselves the best seats at the table, he told them this parable:

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, don’t sit down in the best seat; because if there is someone more important than you who has been invited,

the person who invited both of you might come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then you will be humiliated as you go to take the least important place.

Instead, when you are invited, go and sit in the least important place; so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Go on up to a better seat.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone sitting with you.