The Parables of Jesus: Reference Guide


    (C through H)
  • Canceled debts: Luke 7:41–43
  • Cost of discipleship: Luke 14:28–33
  • Faithful and wise servant: Matthew 24:45–51; Luke 12:42–48
  • Fig tree: Matthew 24:32–35; Mark 13:28–31; Luke 21:29–33
  • Good Samaritan: Luke 10:30–37
  • Great banquet: Luke 14:16–24
  • Growing seed: Mark 4:26–29
  • Hidden treasure and pearl: Matthew 13:44–46
  • Honor at a banquet: Luke 14:7–14

    (H through N)
  • Husbandmen: Matthew 21:33–40; Mark 12:1–11; Luke 20:9–18
  • Laborers in the vineyard: Matthew 20:1–16
  • Lamp under a bushel: Matthew 5:14–16; Mark 4:21–22; Luke 11:33–36
  • Leaven: Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:20–21
  • Lost coin: Luke 15:8–10
  • Lost sheep: Matthew 18:12–14; Luke 15:4–7
  • Mustard seed: Matthew 13:31–32; Mark 4:30–32; Luke 13:18–19
  • Net: Matthew 13:47–50
  • New cloth on an old garment: Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21; Luke 5:36
    (N through R)
  • New wine in old wineskins: Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37–39
  • Obedient servants: Luke 17:7–10
  • Owner of a house: Matthew 13:52
  • Persistent friend: Luke 11:5–8
  • Persistent widow: Luke 18:2–8
  • Pharisee and the publican: Luke 18:10–14
  • Prodigal (lost) son: Luke 15:11–32
  • Rich fool: Luke 12:16–21
  • Rich man and Lazarus: Luke 16:19–31

    (S through W)
  • Sheep and goats: Matthew 25:31–46
  • Shrewd steward: Luke 16:1–8
  • Sower: Matthew 13:3–8,18–23; Mark 4:3–8,14–20; Luke 8:5–8,11–15
  • Talents: Matthew 25:14–30
  • Tares and wheat: Matthew 13:24–30,36–43
  • Ten pounds: Luke 19:12–27
  • Ten virgins: Matthew 25:1–13
  • Two sons: Matthew 21:28–32
  • Unfruitful fig tree: Luke 13:6–9
  • Unmerciful servant: Matthew 18:23–35
  • Watchful servants: Mark 13:34–37; Luke 12:35–40
  • Wedding banquet: Matthew 22:2–14
  • Wise and foolish builders: Matthew 7:24–27; Luke 6:47–49