KJV dictionary & concordance
Comparisons or earthly accounts used to set forth truths.
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First occurrence: Ezekiel 20:49
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And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
And hee spake many things vnto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went foorth to sow.
1611 marginal noteLuke 8.5.
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
And the disciples came, and sayd vnto him, Why speakest thou vnto them in parables?
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Therefore speake I to then in parables: because they seeing, see not: and hearing, they heare not, neither doe they vnderstand.
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
All these things spake Iesus vnto the multitude in parables, and without a parable spake hee not vnto them:
1611 marginal noteMarke 4.33.
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.
That it might bee fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I wil vtter things which haue bin kept secret from the foundation of the world.
1611 marginal notePsal. 78.2.
¶ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
¶ And it came to passe, that when Iesus had finished these parables, hee departed thence.
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
And when the chiefe Priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceiued that he spake of them.
AND Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
¶ And Iesus answered, and spake vnto them againe by parables, and said,
1611 marginal noteLuke 14.16. reuel. 19.9.
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