Parables
From “Tota Scriptura”, Joey Day’s personal Scripture topic index wiki
This page contains every one of Jesus’ parables and illustrations.
Kingdom parables
These passages begin with the characteristic introduction, “The kingdom of heaven is like . . .”
The fishing net
Mt 13:47–50
The great banquet
Mt 22:1–14; Lk 14:16–24
The growing seed
Mk 4:26–29
Mt 13:44
The laborers in the vineyard
Mt 20:1–16
The leaven
Mt 13:33; Lk 13:20–21
The mustard seed
Mt 13:31–32; Mk 4:30–32; Lk 13:18–19
The pearl of great value
Mt 13:45–46
The talents or minas
Mt 25:14–30; Lk 19:11–27
The tares among the wheat
Mt 13:24–30, 36–43
The ten virgins
Mt 25:1–13
The unforgiving servant
Mt 18:21–35
Other parables
These passages are explicitly called parables but do not begin with the “kingdom of heaven” introduction like the passages above.
The barren fig tree
Lk 13:6–9
The budding fig tree
Mt 24:32–35; Mk 13:28–31; Lk 21:29–33
The dishonest manager
Lk 16:1–13 (see Lk 15:3)
The faithful servant
Mt 24:42–51; Mk 13:34–37; Lk 12:35–48
The lost coin
Lk 15:8–10 (see Lk 15:3)
The lost sheep
Mt 18:12–14; Lk 15:3–7
The persistent widow
Lk 18:1–8
The Pharisee and the tax collector
Lk 18:9–14
The prodigal son
Lk 15:11–32 (see Lk 15:3)
The rich fool
Lk 12:16–21
The rich man and Lazarus
Lk 16:19–31 (see Lk 15:3)
The sower
Mt 13:3–9, 18–23; Mk 4:2–9; Lk 8:4–8
The two sons
Mt 21:28–32
The wedding feast
Lk 14:7–11
The wicked tenants
Mt 21:33–44; Mk 12:1–11; Lk 20:9–18
The wine and wineskins
Mt 9:16–17; Mk 2:21–22; Lk 5:36–39
Illustrations
These are not explicitly labelled parables by Scripture, but are clearly allegories, similes, metaphors, etc. used for illustrative purposes.
The cost of discipleship
Lk 14:28–33
The friend at night
Lk 11:5–8
The good samaritan
Lk 10:30–37
The kings’ taxation
Mt 17:25–26
The lamp under a bushel
Mt 5:14–15; Mk 4:21–25; Lk 8:16–18
The master and servant
Lk 17:7–10
The sheep and goats
Mt 25:32–33
The strong man
Mt 12:29; Mk 3:27; Lk 11:21–22
The two debtors
Lk 7:41–43
The wise and foolish builders
Mt 7:24–27; Lk 6:46–49