Strong's numbers
παραβολή G3850
parabolḗ
par-ab-ol-ay'
from παραβάλλω; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:--comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
Abbott–Smith
παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ (< παραβάλλω), [in LXX (cf. McNeile, Mt., 185): Nu 23:7, De 28:37, Ps 43 (44):14, Pr 1:6, Ez 12:22, al. (מָשָׁל), Si 47:17 (חִידָה), al. mutt. in Si, Wi 5:3;]
1. a placing beside, juxtaposition (Polyb., al.).
2. a comparing, comparison (Plat., Arist., al.).
3. a comparison, illustration, analogy, figure (Arist., al.): Mt 24:32, Mk 3:23, He 9:9 11:19; specif. of the pictures and narratives drawn from nature and human life which are characteristic of the synoptic teaching of our Lord, a parable: Mt 13:3, 10, Mk 4:2, 10, Lk 8:4, 9-11, al.; c. gen. ref., Mt 13:18, 36.
4 Like Heb. מָשָׁל (I Ki 10:12, Pr 1:6, Si 3:29, al.), = παροιμία, a proverb or gnomic saying: Lk 4:23 5:36 6:39.
SYN.: παροιμία (v. Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.
48 occurrences
Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.
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Matthew 13:3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
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Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
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Matthew 13:13
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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Matthew 13:18
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
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Matthew 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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Matthew 13:31
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
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Matthew 13:33
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
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Matthew 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.
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Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.