Fifty of Yeshua’s parables were documented in the New Testament. These 50 parables are:
- The Growing Seed / Mark 4:26–29
- The Two Debtors / Luke 7:41–43
- The Lamp Under a Bushel / Matthew 5:14–15 / Mark 4:21–25 / Luke 8:16–18
- The Good Samaritan / Luke 10:25–37
- The Friend at Night / Luke 11:5–8
- The Rich Fool / Luke 12:16-21
- The Wise and the Foolish Builders / Matthew 7:24–27 / Luke 6:46–49
- The New Wine into Old Wineskins / Matthew 9:16–17 / Mark 2:21–22 / Luke 5:37–39
- The Strong Man / Matthew 12:29–29 / Mark 3:27–27 / Luke 11:21–22
- The Sower / Matthew 13:3–9 / Mark 4:3–9 / Luke 8:5–8
- The Wheat &Tares / Matthew 13:24–30 / Luke 14:7–14
- The Barren Fig Tree / Luke 13:6-9
- The Mustard Seed / Matthew 13:31–32 / Mark 4:30–32 / Luke 13:18–19
- The Leaven / Matthew 13:33 / Luke 13:20–21
- The Pearl / Matthew 13:45–46
- The Dragnet / Matthew 13:47–50
- The Hidden Treasure / Matthew 13:44
- Counting the Cost / Luke 14:28–33
- The Lost Sheep / Matthew 18:10–14 / Luke 15:4–6
- The Unforgiving Servant / Matthew 18:23–35
- The Lost Coin / Luke 15:8–9
- The Prodigal Son / Luke 15:11–32
- The Unjust Steward / Luke 16:1–13
- The Rich Man and Lazarus / Luke 16:19–31
- The Master and Unworthy Servant / Luke 17:7–10
- The Unjust Judge / Luke 18:1–8
- The Pharisees and the Publican / Luke 18:9–14
- The Workers in the Vineyard / Matthew 20:1–16
- The Two Sons / Matthew 21:28–32
- The Wicked Husbandmen / Matthew 21:33–41 / Mark 12:1–9 / Luke 20:9–16
- The Wedding Banquet / / Matthew 22:1–14 / Luke 14:15–24
- The Budding Fig Tree / Matthew 24:32–35 / Mark 13:28–31/ Luke 21:29–33
- The Faithful Servant / Matthew 24:42–51 / Mark 13:34–37 / Luke 12:35–48
- The Ten Virgins / Matthew 25:1–13 / Luke 12:16–21
- The Talents / Matthew 25:14–30 / Luke 19:12–27
- The Sheep and the Goats / Matthew 25: 31–46
- The Wedding Feast / Luke 14:7 – 14
- If your Right Hand offends you / Matthew18 :8-9
- *** Worthy to Escape / Luke 21:36
- *** Salt that has Lost its Taste / Luke 14:34-35
- *** Two Grinding at the Mill / Matthew 24: 41
- *** Two in Bed / Luke 17:34
- *** Two in the field / Matthew 24: 40 NKJV
- *** As the Days of Noah / Luke 17:26-27
- *** As the Days of Lot / Luke 17:28-30
- *** Remember Lot’s Wife / Luke 17:31-32
- *** The Narrow Gate / Luke 13:22-30
- *** The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel / Matthew 15:24
- *** The Camel and the Eye of a Needle / Matthew 19:24
- *** The Parable of Jonah / Matthew 12:38-40
*** Not readily recognized as parables
These 50 parables can be further divided in to four categories.
- Kingdom Parables -34 Parables
- Love and forgiveness -2 Parables
- Prayer – 3 Parables
- Miscellaneous 11- Parables
THE KINGDOM PARABLES
- The Growing Seed / Mark 4:26–29 (1)*
- The Wise and foolish Builder / Matthew 7:24-27 (7)*
- The Sower / Matthew 13:1-9 (10)*
- Wheat and Tares / Matthew 13:24 (11)*
- The Barren Fig Tree / Luke 13:6-9 (12)*
- The Mustard Seed / Matthew 13:31(13)*
- The Leaven / Matthew 13:33 (14)*
- A Costly Pearl /Matthew 13:45 (15)*
- The Dragnet / Matthew 13:47 (16)*
- Hidden Treasure / Matthew 13:44(17)*
- The Lost Sheep / Matthew 18:10-14 (19)*
- Unforgiving Servant / Matthew 18:21-35 (20)*
- The Lost Coin / Luke 15: 8-10 (21)*
- The Prodigal Son / Luke 15: 11-32 (22)*
- The Master and the Unworthy Servant / Luke 17: 7-10 (25)*
- The Widow and the Unjust Judge / Luke 18:1-8(26)*
- Laborers in the Vineyard /Matthew 20: 1016 (28)*
- The Wedding Banquet / Matthew 22:1-14 (31)*
- Parable of the Fig Tree / Matthew 24:332-35 (32)*
- The Faithful Servant / Matthew 24:45-51 (33)*
- Parable of Ten Virgins / Matthew 25:1-13 (34)*
- Parable of the Talents / Matthew 25:14 (35)*
- The Sheep and Goats / Matthew 15: 31-33 (36)*
- The Wedding Feast / Luke 14:15-24 (37)*
- The Barren Fig Tree / Luke 13:6-9 (12)*
- *** Two Grinding at the Mill / Matthew 24: 41
- *** Two in the Bed / Luke 17:34
- *** Two in the Field / Matthew 24: 40
- *** The Parable of Noah / Luke 17:26-27
- *** The Parable of Lot / Luke 17:28-30
- *** Remember Lot’s Wife / Luke 17:31-32
- *** The Narrow Way / Luke 13:22-30
- *** The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel / Matthew 15:24
- ***The Camel and the Eye of a Needle / Matthew 19:24
*Parenthetical numbers relate to the list at the top of this article
*** Not readily recognized as parables
LOVE AND FORGIVENESS PARABLES
- The Good Samaritan / Luke 10:25–37
- The Two Debtors / Luke 7:41–43
PRAYER PARABLES
- The Friend at Night / Luke 11:5–8
- The Pharisees and the Publican / Luke 18:9–14
- The Two Sons / Matthew 21:28–32
MISCELLENIOUS PARABLES
- The Lamp Under a Bushel / Matthew 5:14–15 / Mark 4:21–25 /Luke 8:16–18
- The New Wine into Old Wineskins / Matthew 9:16–17 / Mark 2:21–22 / Luke 5:37–39
- The Rich man and Lazarus / Luke 16:19–31
- The Rich Fool / Luke 12:16-21
- The Strong Man / Matthew 12:29 / Mark 3:27 / Luke 11:21–22
- The Unjust Steward / Luke 16:1–13
- The Wicked Husbandmen / Matthew 21:33–41 / Mark 12:1–9 / Luke 20:9–16
- Counting the Cost / Luke 14: 28-33
- If your Right Hand Offends You / Matthew 18 :8-9
- *** The Camel and the Eye of a Needle / Matthew 19: 23-34
- *** The Parable of Jonah / Matthew 12:38-40
*** Not readily recognized as parables
Of the 50 parables documented in the Matthew, Mark and Luke, only three were explained to the disciples. These three parables are:
- The Dragnet / Matthew 13:47–50
- The Sower / Matthew 13:3–9 / Mark 4:3–9 / Luke 8:5–8
- The Wheat &Tares / Matthew 13:24–30 / Luke 14:7–14
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