Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'parables' occurs 16 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'parables' in the standard works and contain 12.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 13:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 0 1
NT 15 0 15
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 16 0 16

Ezek. 20:49
Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Matt. 13:3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Matt. 13:10
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Matt. 13:13
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Matt. 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Matt. 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Matt. 13:53
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

Matt. 21:45
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

Matt. 22:1
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

Mark 3:23
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

Mark 4:2
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

Mark 4:11
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

Mark 4:13
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

Mark 4:33
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

Mark 12:1
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

Luke 8:10
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.