Why Jesus Used Parables

¹⁰ Then the disciples^(A) came up and asked Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”^(B)

Using Parables Fulfills Prophecy

³⁴ Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and He would not speak anything to them without a parable,^{(A) 35} so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

Jesus Interprets the Wheat and the Weeds

³⁶ Then He dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached Him and said, “Explain the parable of the weeds in the field to us.”^(C)

¹⁵ Then Peter replied to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”^(A)

The Parable of the Vineyard Owner

³³ “Listen^(A) to another parable:^(B) There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower.^(C) He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.^(D)

⁴⁵ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables,^(A) they knew He was speaking about them.

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

22 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

The Parable of the Fig Tree

³² “Now learn this parable^(A) from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

² He taught them many things in parables,^(A) and in His teaching^(B) He said to them: