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Fifty of Yeshua’s parables were documented in the New Testament. These 50 parables are:

  1. The Growing Seed / Mark 4:26–29
  2. The Two Debtors / Luke 7:41–43
  3. The Lamp Under a Bushel / Matthew 5:14–15 / Mark 4:21–25 / Luke 8:16–18
  4. The Good Samaritan / Luke 10:25–37
  5. The Friend at Night / Luke 11:5–8
  6. The Rich Fool / Luke 12:16-21
  7. The Wise and the Foolish Builders / Matthew 7:24–27 / Luke 6:46–49 
  8. The New Wine into Old Wineskins / Matthew 9:16–17 / Mark 2:21–22 / Luke 5:37–39
  9. The Strong Man / Matthew 12:29–29 / Mark 3:27–27 / Luke 11:21–22
  10. The Sower / Matthew 13:3–9 / Mark 4:3–9 / Luke 8:5–8
  11. The Wheat &Tares / Matthew 13:24–30 / Luke 14:7–14 
  12. The Barren Fig Tree / Luke 13:6-9 
  13. The Mustard Seed / Matthew 13:31–32 / Mark 4:30–32 / Luke 13:18–19
  14. The Leaven / Matthew 13:33 / Luke 13:20–21
  15. The Pearl / Matthew 13:45–46
  16. The Dragnet / Matthew 13:47–50
  17. The Hidden Treasure / Matthew 13:44
  18. Counting the Cost / Luke 14:28–33
  19. The Lost Sheep / Matthew 18:10–14 / Luke 15:4–6
  20. The Unforgiving Servant / Matthew 18:23–35
  21. The Lost Coin / Luke 15:8–9
  22. The Prodigal Son / Luke 15:11–32
  23. The Unjust Steward / Luke 16:1–13
  24. The Rich Man and Lazarus / Luke 16:19–31
  25. The Master and Unworthy Servant / Luke 17:7–10
  26. The Unjust Judge / Luke 18:1–8
  27. The Pharisees and the Publican / Luke 18:9–14
  28. The Workers in the Vineyard / Matthew 20:1–16 
  29. The Two Sons / Matthew 21:28–32
  30. The Wicked Husbandmen / Matthew 21:33–41 / Mark 12:1–9 / Luke 20:9–16
  31. The Wedding Banquet / / Matthew 22:1–14 / Luke 14:15–24 
  32. The Budding Fig Tree / Matthew 24:32–35 / Mark 13:28–31/ Luke 21:29–33
  33. The Faithful Servant / Matthew 24:42–51 / Mark 13:34–37 / Luke 12:35–48
  34. The Ten Virgins / Matthew 25:1–13 / Luke 12:16–21
  35. The Talents / Matthew 25:14–30 / Luke 19:12–27
  36. The Sheep and the Goats / Matthew 25: 31–46 
  37. The Wedding Feast / Luke 14:7 – 14
  38. If your Right Hand offends you /  Matthew18 :8-9
  39. *** Worthy to Escape / Luke 21:36
  40. *** Salt that has Lost its Taste / Luke 14:34-35
  41. *** Two Grinding at the Mill / Matthew 24: 41  
  42. *** Two in Bed / Luke 17:34
  43. *** Two in the field / Matthew 24: 40 NKJV
  44. *** As the Days of Noah / Luke 17:26-27
  45. *** As the Days of Lot / Luke 17:28-30
  46. *** Remember Lot’s Wife / Luke 17:31-32
  47. *** The Narrow Gate / Luke 13:22-30
  48. *** The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel / Matthew 15:24
  49. *** The Camel and the Eye of a Needle / Matthew 19:24
  50. *** 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

  1. The Growing Seed / Mark 4:26–29 (1)*
  2. The Wise and foolish Builder / Matthew 7:24-27 (7)*
  3. The Sower /  Matthew 13:1-9 (10)*
  4. Wheat and Tares / Matthew 13:24 (11)*
  5. The Barren Fig Tree / Luke 13:6-9 (12)*
  6. The Mustard Seed / Matthew 13:31(13)*
  7. The Leaven / Matthew 13:33 (14)*
  8. A Costly Pearl /Matthew 13:45 (15)*
  9. The Dragnet / Matthew 13:47 (16)*
  10. Hidden Treasure / Matthew 13:44(17)*
  11. The Lost Sheep /  Matthew 18:10-14 (19)*
  12. Unforgiving Servant /  Matthew 18:21-35 (20)*
  13. The Lost Coin / Luke 15: 8-10 (21)*
  14. The Prodigal Son / Luke 15: 11-32 (22)*
  15. The Master and the Unworthy Servant / Luke 17: 7-10 (25)*
  16. The Widow and the Unjust Judge / Luke 18:1-8(26)*
  17. Laborers in the Vineyard /Matthew 20: 1016 (28)*
  18. The Wedding Banquet / Matthew 22:1-14 (31)*
  19. Parable of the Fig Tree / Matthew 24:332-35 (32)*
  20. The Faithful Servant / Matthew 24:45-51 (33)*
  21. Parable of Ten Virgins / Matthew 25:1-13 (34)*
  22. Parable of the Talents / Matthew 25:14 (35)*
  23. The Sheep and Goats / Matthew 15: 31-33 (36)*
  24. The Wedding Feast / Luke 14:15-24 (37)*
  25. The Barren Fig Tree / Luke 13:6-9 (12)*
  26. *** Two Grinding at the Mill / Matthew 24: 41
  27. *** Two in the Bed / Luke 17:34
  28. *** Two in the Field / Matthew 24: 40 
  29. *** The Parable of Noah / Luke 17:26-27
  30. *** The Parable of Lot / Luke 17:28-30
  31. *** Remember Lot’s Wife / Luke 17:31-32
  32. *** The Narrow Way / Luke 13:22-30
  33. *** The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel / Matthew 15:24
  34. ***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:

  1. The Dragnet / Matthew 13:47–50 
  2. The Sower / Matthew 13:3–9 / Mark 4:3–9 / Luke 8:5–8 
  3. The Wheat &Tares / Matthew 13:24–30 / Luke 14:7–14

Next: The Parable of the Ten Virgins


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