Bible Verses About Parables

and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business--till I come;

and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.

`And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.

`And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

`And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds;

and he said also to this one, And thou, become thou over five cities.

`And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;

for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

`And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

`And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds--

(and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds) --

for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him,

but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay before me.'

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'

This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;

every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.