Bible Verses About Parables

`And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham--and the rich man also died, and was buried;

and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.

`And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive--thou--thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

`And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,

for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

`Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;

and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,

saying, `A certain judge was in a certain city--God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding--

and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,

yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

And the Lord said, `Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:

and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night--bearing long in regard to them?

I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

`Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things--as many as I possess.

`And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me--the sinner!

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,