Parables
69 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
62 sections
- Furnished House
- Parables of Christ: Barren Fig-Tree
- Parables of Christ: Beam and Mote
- Parables of Christ: Blind Leading the Blind
- Parables of Christ: Builder of a Tower
- Parables of Christ: Children of the Bride Chamber
- Parables of Christ: Cloud and Wind
- Parables of Christ: Creditor and Debtors
- Parables of Christ: Faithful, and Evil Servants
- Parables of Christ: Fig-Tree Leafing
- Parables of Christ: Good Samaritan
- Parables of Christ: Good Shepherd
- Parables of Christ: House, Divided Against Itself
- Parables of Christ: Importunate Friend
- Parables of Christ: Importunate Widow
- Parables of Christ: King Going to War
- Parables of Christ: Kingdom, Divided Against Itself
- Parables of Christ: Labourers Hired
- Parables of Christ: Leaven
- Parables of Christ: Lighted Candle
- Parables of Christ: Lost Piece of Silver
- Parables of Christ: Lost Sheep
- Parables of Christ: Man of the House Watching
- Parables of Christ: Man Taking a Far Journey
- Parables of Christ: Marriage-Feast
- Parables of Christ: Meats Defiling Not
- Parables of Christ: Men Bidden to a Feast
- Parables of Christ: Mustard-Seed
- Parables of Christ: Net Cast Into the Sea
- Parables of Christ: New Cloth and Old Garment
- Parables of Christ: New Wine and Old Bottles
- Parables of Christ: Pearl of Great Price
- Parables of Christ: Pharisee and Publican
- Parables of Christ: Pounds
- Parables of Christ: Prodigal Son
- Parables of Christ: Rich Fool
- Parables of Christ: Rich Man and Lazarus
- Parables of Christ: Savour of Salt
- Parables of Christ: Seed Growing Secretly
- Parables of Christ: Sower
- Parables of Christ: Strong Man Armed
- Parables of Christ: Talents
- Parables of Christ: Tares
- Parables of Christ: Ten Virgins
- Parables of Christ: Treasure Hid in a Field
- Parables of Christ: Tree and Its Fruit
- Parables of Christ: Two Sons
- Parables of Christ: Unclean Spirit
- Parables of Christ: Unjust Steward
- Parables of Christ: Unmerciful Servant
- Parables of Christ: Vine and Branches
- Parables of Christ: Wicked Husbandmen
- Parables of Christ: Wise and Foolish Builders
- Remarkable Parables of the Old Testament
- The Athlete
- The Boiling Pot
- The Farmer
- The Gourd
- The Mercenary Soldier
- The Mirror
- The Sheet Lowered Down from the Sky (In Peter's Vision)
- The Two Covenants
Furnished House
- 2 Timothy 2:20–21 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. …
Parables of Christ: Barren Fig-Tree
- Luke 13:6–9 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. …
Parables of Christ: Beam and Mote
- Luke 6:41–42 Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? …
Parables of Christ: Blind Leading the Blind
- Luke 6:39 Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
Parables of Christ: Builder of a Tower
- Luke 14:28–30 Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it? …
- Luke 14:33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Parables of Christ: Children of the Bride Chamber
- Matthew 9:15 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
Parables of Christ: Cloud and Wind
- Luke 12:54–57 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens. …
Parables of Christ: Creditor and Debtors
- Luke 7:41–47 “Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. …
Parables of Christ: Faithful, and Evil Servants
- Matthew 24:45–51 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time? …
Parables of Christ: Fig-Tree Leafing
- Matthew 24:32–34 Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. …
Parables of Christ: Good Samaritan
- Luke 10:30–37 Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. …
Parables of Christ: Good Shepherd
- John 10:1–6 “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. …
Parables of Christ: House, Divided Against Itself
- Mark 3:25 If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
Parables of Christ: Importunate Friend
- Luke 11:5–9 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, …
Parables of Christ: Importunate Widow
- Luke 18:1–8 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: …
Parables of Christ: King Going to War
- Luke 14:31–33 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand? …
Parables of Christ: Kingdom, Divided Against Itself
- Mark 3:24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
Parables of Christ: Labourers Hired
- Matthew 20:1–16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. …
Parables of Christ: Leaven
- Matthew 13:33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Parables of Christ: Lighted Candle
- Mark 4:21 Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
- Luke 11:33–36 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light. …
Parables of Christ: Lost Piece of Silver
- Luke 15:8–10 Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it? …
Parables of Christ: Lost Sheep
- Luke 15:3–7 Then Jesus told them this parable: …
Parables of Christ: Man of the House Watching
- Matthew 24:43 But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
Parables of Christ: Man Taking a Far Journey
- Mark 13:34–37 It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch. …
Parables of Christ: Marriage-Feast
- Matthew 22:2–14 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. …
Parables of Christ: Meats Defiling Not
- Matthew 15:10–15 Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand. …
Parables of Christ: Men Bidden to a Feast
- Luke 14:7–11 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable: …
Parables of Christ: Mustard-Seed
- Matthew 13:31–32 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. …
- Luke 13:19 It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
Parables of Christ: Net Cast Into the Sea
- Matthew 13:47–50 Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish. …
Parables of Christ: New Cloth and Old Garment
- Matthew 9:16 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
Parables of Christ: New Wine and Old Bottles
- Matthew 9:17 Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Parables of Christ: Pearl of Great Price
- Matthew 13:45–46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. …
Parables of Christ: Pharisee and Publican
- Luke 18:9–14 To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: …
Parables of Christ: Pounds
- Luke 19:12–27 So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return. …
Parables of Christ: Prodigal Son
- Luke 15:11–32 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. …
Parables of Christ: Rich Fool
- Luke 12:16–21 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. …
Parables of Christ: Rich Man and Lazarus
- Luke 16:19–31 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. …
Parables of Christ: Savour of Salt
- Luke 14:34–35 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned? …
Parables of Christ: Seed Growing Secretly
- Mark 4:26–29 Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. …
Parables of Christ: Sower
- Matthew 13:3–23 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed. …
- Luke 8:5–15 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. …
Parables of Christ: Strong Man Armed
- Mark 3:27 Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
- Luke 11:21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
Parables of Christ: Talents
- Matthew 25:14–30 For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions. …
Parables of Christ: Tares
- Matthew 13:24–30 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. …
- Matthew 13:36–43 Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” …
Parables of Christ: Ten Virgins
- Matthew 25:1–13 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. …
Parables of Christ: Treasure Hid in a Field
- Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Parables of Christ: Tree and Its Fruit
- Luke 6:43–45 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. …
Parables of Christ: Two Sons
- Matthew 21:28–32 But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ …
Parables of Christ: Unclean Spirit
- Matthew 12:43 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Parables of Christ: Unjust Steward
- Luke 16:1–8 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. …
Parables of Christ: Unmerciful Servant
- Matthew 18:23–35 Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. …
Parables of Christ: Vine and Branches
- John 15:1–5 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. …
Parables of Christ: Wicked Husbandmen
- Matthew 21:33–45 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. …
Parables of Christ: Wise and Foolish Builders
- Matthew 7:24–27 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. …
Remarkable Parables of the Old Testament
- Judges 9:8–15 One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’ …
- 2 Samuel 12:1–4 Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. …
- 2 Samuel 14:5–7 “What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead. …
The Athlete
- 2 Timothy 2:5 Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.
The Boiling Pot
- Ezekiel 24:3–5 Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water. …
The Farmer
- 2 Timothy 2:6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
The Gourd
- Jonah 4:10–11 But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night. …
The Mercenary Soldier
- 2 Timothy 2:3–4 Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. …
The Mirror
- James 1:23–25 For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, …
The Sheet Lowered Down from the Sky (In Peter's Vision)
- Acts 10:10–16 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. …
The Two Covenants
- Galatians 4:22–31 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.