Bible Verses About Parables

For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shall be exalted.

For which of you minding to builde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether hee haue sufficient to performe it,

Lest that after he hath laide the foundation, and is not able to performe it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him,

Saying, This man began to builde, and was not able to make an end?

Or what King going to make warre against another King, sitteth not downe first, and taketh counsell, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand?

Or els while hee is yet a great way off, hee sendeth an ambassage, and desireth peace.

So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Salt is good: but if salt haue lost his sauour, wherewith shall it be salted?

It is neither meete for the land, nor yet for the dunghill, but men cast it out. He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

Then spake hee this parable to them, saying,

What man of you hauing an hundreth sheepe, if hee lose one of them, doeth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he finde it?

And when he hath found it, he laieth it on his shoulders with ioye.

And when he commeth home, he calleth together his friendes and neighbours, saying vnto them, Reioyce with mee: for I haue founde my sheepe which was lost.

I say vnto you, that likewise ioy shall be in heauen for one sinner that conuerteth, more then for ninetie and nine iust men, which neede none amendment of life.

Either what woman hauing ten groates, if she lose one groate, doth not light a candle, and sweepe the house, and seeke diligently till shee finde it?

And when shee hath found it, shee calleth her friendes, and neighbours, saying, Reioyce with me: for I haue found the groate which I had lost.

Likewise I say vnto you, there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, for one sinner that conuerteth.

He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes.

And the yonger of them sayde to his father, Father, giue mee the portion of the goods that falleth to mee. So he deuided vnto them his substance.

So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.

Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.

Then hee went and claue to a citizen of that conntrey, and hee sent him to his farme, to feede swine.

And hee would faine haue filled his bellie with the huskes, that the swine ate: but no man gaue them him.

Then he came to him selfe, and said, Howe many hired seruaunts at my fathers haue bread ynough, and I die for hunger?

I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee,