John 16:29

He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.

“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”

But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak;

Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.”

The king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

He said, “All is well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’ ”

Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”

Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle before Jesus.

Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.

“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”

Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;

When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.

At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.

When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.

With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.

You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I will tell you.

Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’ ”

The man said to me, “Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I will show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show them to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,

Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”

When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”

“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.

He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.

Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.