Noun parabolē (parable) in the New Testament

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more litteral meaning)


Matthew

13: 3And he told them many things in parables (parabolē), saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.
13: 10Then the disciples came and asked him, "Why do you speak to them in parables (parabolē)?"
13: 13The reason I speak to them in parables (parabolē) is that 'seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.'
13: 18"Hear then the parable (parabolē) of the sower.
13: 24He put before them another parable (parabolē): "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field;
13: 31He put before them another parable (parabolē): "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field;
13: 33He told them another parable (parabolē): "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."
13: 34Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables (parabolē); without a parable (parabolē) he told them nothing.
13: 35This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: "I will open my mouth to speak in parables (parabolē); I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world."
13: 36Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, "Explain to us the parable (parabolē) of the weeds of the field."
13: 53When Jesus had finished these parables (parabolē), he left that place.
15: 15But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable (parabolē) to us."
21: 33"Listen to another parable (parabolē). There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country.
21: 45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables (parabolē), they realized that he was speaking about them.
22: 1Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables (parabolē), saying:
24: 32"From the fig tree learn its lesson (parabolē): as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Mark

3: 23And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables (parabolē), "How can Satan cast out Satan?
4: 2He began to teach them many things in parables (parabolē), and in his teaching he said to them:
4: 10When he was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve asked him about the parables (parabolē).
4: 11And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside, everything comes in parables (parabolē);
4: 13And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable (parabolē)? Then how will you understand all the parables (parabolē)?
4: 30He also said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable (parabolē) will we use for it?
4: 33With many such parables (parabolē) he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it;
4: 34he did not speak to them except in parables (parabolē), but he explained everything in private to his disciples.
7: 17When he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable (parabolē).
12: 1Then he began to speak to them in parables (parabolē). "A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower; then he leased it to tenants and went to another country.
12: 12When they realized that he had told this parable (parabolē) against them, they wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowd. So they left him and went away.
13: 28"From the fig tree learn its lesson (parabolē): as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Luke

4: 23He said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb (parabolē), 'Doctor, cure yourself!' And you will say, 'Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.'"
5: 36He also told them a parable (parabolē): "No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it on an old garment; otherwise the new will be torn, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
6: 39He also told them a parable (parabolē): "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?
8: 4When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable (parabolē):
8: 9Then his disciples asked him what this parable (parabolē) meant.
8: 10He said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables (parabolē), so that 'looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand.'
8: 11"Now the parable (parabolē) is this: The seed is the word of God.
12: 16Then he told them a parable (parabolē): "The land of a rich man produced abundantly.
12: 41Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable (parabolē) for us or for everyone?"
13: 6Then he told this parable (parabolē): "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
14: 7When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable (parabolē).
15: 3So he told them this parable (parabolē):
18: 1Then Jesus told them a parable (parabolē) about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.
18: 9He also told this parable (parabolē) to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:
19: 11As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable (parabolē), because he was near Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
20: 9He began to tell the people this parable (parabolē): "A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time.
20: 19When the scribes and chief priests realized that he had told this parable (parabolē) against them, they wanted to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people.
21: 29Then he told them a parable (parabolē): "Look at the fig tree and all the trees;

Hebrews

9: 9This is a symbol (parabolē) of the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,
11: 19He considered the fact that God is able even to raise someone from the dead - and in figure (parabolē) speaking, he did receive him back.