List of Parables In the Bible
Jesus Teaching Parables
This is a table listing all the Parables in the Bible. The blue texts are active and can be viewed by placing your mouse cursor over the verse.
Each Parable is listed in the book that it is found, if the same parable is mentioned in more than one of the Gospels it is listed with a reference to each gospel in which it is found. The Parables are placed in alphabetical order according to their Name.
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There are 105 Parables in the List.
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| Parable Name | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John | Other Ref | Symbols Used | Parable Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agreeing with Your Adversary | Matthew 5:21-26 | adversary | |||||
| Ask Seek Knock | Matthew 7:7-12 | Luke 11:9-13 | serpent, bread, stone, fish, children, egg, scorpion | ||||
| Barren Fig Tree | Luke 13:6-9 | Fruit | |||||
| Become As Little Children | Matthew 18:1-9 | Mark 10:14-16 | Luke 18:16 | ||||
| Blind Leading the Blind | Matthew 15:13-14 | Luke 6:39-42 | Labeled Parables | ||||
| Bridegroom (Children of the Bridechamber) | Matthew 8:15 | Mark 2:19-20 | Luke 5:34-35 | ||||
| Children of the Marketplace | Matthew 11:16-19 | Luke 7:31-32 | Similitude | ||||
| Dead Bury the Dead | Luke 9:60 | ||||||
| Dishonest Steward | Luke 16:1-13 | ||||||
| Elijah Must Come | Matthew 17:10-13 | ||||||
| Eye of The Needle | Matthew 19:23-24 | Mark 19:23-27 | Similitude | ||||
| Foxes Have Holes | Matthew 8:20 | Luke 9:58 | |||||
| Fruit Tree | Matthew 7:15-20 | Matthew 12:33-37 | Luke 6:43-45 | ||||
| Good Samaritan | Luke 10:25-37 | ||||||
| Good Shepherd | 0 | ||||||
| Guests and Wedding Host | Luke 14:7-14 | ||||||
| Hand to the Plow | Luke 9:62 | ||||||
| Harvest is Great | Matthew 9:37-38 | Luke 10:1-2 | 0 | ||||
| Hidden Treasure | Matthew 13:44 | ||||||
| House (Kingdom) Divided, Beelzibub | Matthew 12:25-28 | Mark 3:20-30 | Luke 11:17-20 | ||||
| Laborers in the Vineyard | Matthew 20:1-16 | ||||||
| Lesson of the Fig Tree | Matthew 24:32-35 | Mark 13:28-31 | Luke 21:29-33 | ||||
| Leven (Yeast) in the Meal | Matthew 13:33 | Luke 13:20-21 | |||||
| Light (Candle) Under a Basket (vessel) | Matthew 5:14-16 | Mark 4:21-23 | Luke 8:16-18 | ||||
| Light of the Body | Matthew 6:22-23 | Luke 11:34-36 | |||||
| Lost Coin | Luke 15:8-10 | Silver, Woman, Coin, House, Candle, 10 | Lost and Found, 10 | ||||
| Lost Sheep | Matthew 18:12-14 | Luke 15:3-7 | Lost and Found, Labled Parable | ||||
| Mustard Seed | Matthew 13:31-32 | Mark 4:30-32 | Luke 13:18-20 | Similitude | |||
| Net (Dragnet) | Matthew 13:47-50 | ||||||
| New Cloth Old Garment | Matthew 9:16 | Mark 2:21 | Luke 5:36 | ||||
| Old and New Wine Bottles | Matthew 9:17 | Mark 2:22 | Luke 5:37-39 | ||||
| Pearl of Great Price | Matthew 13:45-46 | Kingdom of God | |||||
| Pearls to the Swine | Matthew 7:6 | ||||||
| Pharisee and the Tax Collector | Luke 18:9-14 | ||||||
| Prodigal Son | Luke 15:11-32 | Lost and Found | |||||
| Prophet Without Honor | Matthew 13:57 | ||||||
| Purpose of Parables | Matthew 13:10-17 | Mark 4:10-12 | Luke 8:9-10 | ||||
| Rebuild the Temple | 0 | ||||||
| Red Sky | Matthew 16:2-4 | Mark 8:11-13 | Luke 12:54-55 | ||||
| Reluctant Friend | Luke 11:5-13 | Loaves - Bread 3 Loaves Midnight Door (Shut) Children Bed | |||||
| Rich Fool | Luke 12:13-21 | ||||||
| Rich Man and Lazarus | Luke 16:19-31 | ||||||
| Salt Without Savor | Matthew 5:13 | Mark 9:49-50 | Luke 14:34-35 | ||||
| Scattered Seed | Mark 4:26-29 | ||||||
| Servants, Faithful or Unfaithful | Matthew 24:45-51 | Mark 13:32-37 | Luke 12:41-48 | ||||
| Serving Two Masters | Matthew 6:24 | ||||||
| Sheep and Goats | Matthew 25:31-46 | ||||||
| Sheepfold | 0 | Labeled Parable | |||||
| Sign of the Prophet Jonas | Matthew 12:39-42 | ||||||
| Sower | Matthew 13:3-9 | Mark 4:1-9 | Luke 8:4-8 | Labeled Parables | |||
| Sower Explained | Matthew 13:18-23 | Mark 4:13-20 | Luke 8:11-15 | ||||
| Speck in the Eye | Matthew 7:1-5 | ||||||
| Strait Gate - Narrow Is the Way | Matthew 7:13-14 | Luke 13:24 | |||||
| Strongman's House | Matthew 12:29-30 | Luke 11:21-23 | |||||
| Talents, Three Servants | Matthew 25:14-30 | Luke 19:11-27 | |||||
| Ten Virgins | Matthew 25:1-13 | 10 | |||||
| Theif In the Night | Matthew 24:36-37 | Mark 13:24-27 | Luke 17:26-30, 34-36 | ||||
| Things That Defile Man | Matthew 15:10-11 | Mark 7:14-16 | |||||
| Things That Defile Man Explained | Matthew 15:15-20 | ||||||
| Treasures in Heaven | Matthew 6:19-21 | Luke 12:33-34 | |||||
| Treasures New and Old, Householder | Matthew 13:52 | ||||||
| Tree and Its Fruit | Matthew 12:33-37 | Luke 6:43-45 | |||||
| Two Debtors | Luke 7:41-43 | ||||||
| Two Housebuilders, House Upon the Rock | Matthew 7:24-27 | Luke 6:46-49 | |||||
| Two Sons | Matthew 21:28-31 | ||||||
| Unclean Spirit | Matthew 12:43-45 | Luke 11:24-26 | |||||
| Unforgiving Servant | Matthew 18:21-35 | ||||||
| Use of Parables | Matthew 13:34-35 | Mark 4:33-34 | |||||
| Vineyard and Vine Dressers (Husbandmen) | Matthew 21:33-46 | Mark 12:1-12 | Luke 20:9-19 | ||||
| Watchful Servants | Matthew 24:45-51 | Luke 12:45-48 | |||||
| Wedding Banquet and Garments | Matthew 22:1-14 | Luke 14:15-23 | |||||
| Wheat and Tares (Weeds) | Matthew 13:24-30 | ||||||
| Wheat and Tares (Weeds) Explained | Matthew 13:36-43 | Explanation | |||||
| Widow and Unjust Judge | Luke 18:1-8 | ||||||
| Boiling Pot, and it's scum | Ezekiel 24:3-5 | Labled Parable | |||||
| Cedar in Lebanon | Ezekiel :3-18 | ||||||
| Drunkard | Proverbs 23:29-35 | ||||||
| Dry Bones in the valley | Ezekiel 37:1-15 | ||||||
| Escaped Prisoner | 1 Kings 20:35-43 | ||||||
| God's Vineyard (The Unfruitful Vineyard) | Isaiah 5:1-6 | ||||||
| Great Eagles and the Vine | Ezekiel 17:1-10 | Labeled Parable | |||||
| Jerusalem's Confinement | Ezekiel 4:7-8 | ||||||
| Jerusalem's Iniquity | Ezekiel 4:4-6 | ||||||
| Jerusalem's Seige | Ezekiel 4:1-3 | ||||||
| Jerusalem's Sinfulness | Ezekiel 5:1-17 | ||||||
| Jerusalem's Starvation | Ezekiel 4:9-17 | ||||||
| King of the Trees | Judges 9:8-15 | ||||||
| Linen Waist-Cloth | Jeremiah 13:1-11 | Story | |||||
| Lion's Whelps | Ezekiel 19:2-9 | ||||||
| Living Waters | Ezekiel 47:1-12 | ||||||
| Plowman (good out of evil) | Isaiah 28:23-29 | ||||||
| Poor Man's Ewe Lamb | 2 Samuel 12:1-4 | ||||||
| Poor Wise Man | Ecclesiastes 9:14-18 | ||||||
| Potter, The | Jeremiah 18:1-10 | ||||||
| Samson's Riddle | Judges 13:14 | Riddle | |||||
| Sea Monster | Ezekiel 32:1-16 | ||||||
| Shepherds and the Flock | Ezekiel 34:1-31 | ||||||
| Sluggard and His Vineyard (Field) | Proverbs 24:30-34 | ||||||
| Thistle and Cedar | 2 Kings 14:8-9 | ||||||
| Trees making a King | Judges 9:7-15 | ||||||
| True and False Shepherd | Zechariah 11:3-10 | ||||||
| Two Harlots | Ezekiel 23:2-21 | ||||||
| Vision of Micaiah | 1 Kings 22:17-23 | ||||||
| Widow's Olive Oil | 2 Kings 4:1-7 | Woman, Oil, Vessel, husband | |||||
| Woman of Tekoah, etc. | 2 Samuel 14:6-11 |
