Verse 1

And Iesus aunswered, and spake vnto them againe by parables, and sayde:

Referenced Verses

• Luke 14:16 : 16 Then sayde he vnto hym. A certayne man ordayned a great supper, and bad many,
• Matt 9:15-17 : 15 And Iesus sayde vnto them: Can the chyldren of the bryde chaumber mourne, as long as the brydegrome is with them? But the dayes wyll come, when the brydegrome shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 16 No man putteth a peece of newe cloth in an olde garment: for then, the peece taketh away somethyng from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 17 Neither do men put newe wine into olde vessels: els, the vessels breake, and the wyne runneth out, and the vessels peryshe: But they put newe wyne, into newe vessels, and both are preserued together.
• Matt 12:43-45 : 43 When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drye places, sekyng rest, and fyndeth none. 44 Then he sayeth: I wyll returne into my house, from whence I came out. And when he is come, he fyndeth it emptie, swept, and garnyshed. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh vnto hym seuen other spirites, worse then hym selfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: And the ende of that man, is worse then the begynnyng. Euen so shall it be also, vnto this frowarde generation.
• Matt 13:3-9 : 3 And he spake many thynges to them in parables, saying: Beholde, the sower went foorth to sowe. 4 And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the fowles came, and deuoured them vp. 5 Some fell vpon stony places, where they had not much earth, and anone they sprong vp, because they had no depenesse of earth. 6 And when the sonne was vp, they caught heate, and because they had not roote, they wythered away. 7 Agayne, some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp and choked them. 8 But some fell into good grounde, and brought foorth fruite, some an hundred folde, some sixtie folde, some thirtie folde. 9 Who hath eares to heare, let hym heare. 10 And the disciples came, and sayde vnto hym: Why speakest thou to them by parables? 11 He aunswered and sayde vnto them: because it is geuen vnto you, to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen, but to them, it is not geuen.
• Matt 20:1-9 : 1 For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde. 2 And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde. 3 And he went out about the thirde houre, and sawe other standyng idle in the market place, 4 And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way. 5 Agayne, he went out about the sixth and nynth houre, and dyd lykewyse. 6 And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle? 7 They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue. 8 So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first. 9 And when they came, that were hired about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny. 10 But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny. 11 And when they had receaued it, they murmured against the good man of the house, 12 Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day. 13 But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny? 14 Take that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee. 15 Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good? 16 So the last, shalbe the first, & the first shalbe last: For many be called, but fewe be chosen.
• Matt 21:28-46 : 28 But what thynke you? A man had two sonnes, and came to the firste, and saide: sonne, go and worke to day in my vineyarde. 29 He aunswered and saide, I wyll not: but afterwarde he repented, and went. 30 Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not. 31 Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you. 32 For Iohn came vnto you by the way of righteousnes, & ye beleued hym not: but publicanes & harlottes beleued him. And ye, when ye had sene it were not moued afterwarde with repentaunce, that ye myght haue beleued hym. 33 Hearken another similitude. There was a certayne man, an householder, which made a vineyarde, & hedged it rounde about, and made a wynepresse in it, and buylt a towre, and let it out to husbande men: and went into a strange countrey. 34 And when the time of the fruite drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbande men, that they might receaue the fruites of it. 35 And the husbande men caught his seruauntes, and beatte one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Agayne, he sent other seruauntes, mo then the first: and they dyd vnto them lykewyse. 37 But laste of all, he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying: they wyll stande in awe of my sonne. 38 But when the husband men sawe the sonne, they sayde among them selues: this is the heire, come, let vs kyll hym, and let vs enioy his inheritaunce. 39 And they caught hym, and thrust him out of the vineyarde, and slewe hym. 40 When the Lorde therfore of the vineyarde commeth, what wyll he do vnto those husbande men? 41 They sayde vnto hym: He wyll miserably destroy those wicked men & wyll let out his vineyard vnto other husband men, which shall delyuer him the fruite in due seasons. 42 Iesus sayth vnto them. Did ye neuer reade in the Scriptures: The stone which the buylders refused, the same is become the head of the corner. This is the Lordes doing, and it is marueylous in our eyes. 43 Therefore saye I vnto you, the kyngdome of God shalbe taken from you, & geuen to a nation bryngyng foorth the fruites therof. 44 And whosoeuer falleth on this stone, shalbe broken in peeces: but on whomsoeuer it falleth, it shal all to grynd him. 45 And when the chiefe priestes and pharisees had heard his parables, they perceaued that he spake of them. 46 And they went about to laye handes on hym, but they feared the multitudes, because they toke him as a prophet.
• Mark 4:33-34 : 33 And with many such parables preached he the worde vnto them, as they were able to heare it. 34 But without parable spake he nothing vnto them. But when they were alone, he expounded all thynges to his disciples.
• Luke 8:10 : 10 And he sayde, Unto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of God: but to other by parables, that when they see, they shoulde not see, and when they heare, they shoulde not vnderstande.