Why Jesus Used Parables

¹⁰ Then the disciples^(A) came up and asked him, “Why are you speaking to them in parables?” ^(B)

Using Parables Fulfills Prophecy

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

Jesus Interprets the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds

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

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

The Parable of the Vineyard Owner

³³ “Listen^(A) to another parable:^(B) There was 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 “Learn this lesson^(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,