Matthew 13:34

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.

‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

“Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house.

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

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

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.’ ”

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

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

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,

Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

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

and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

He summoned them, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

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

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

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.

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.

I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.

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;

So Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?

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

They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.

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

He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

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

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

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

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.

“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

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

“Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

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.”

His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.

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.

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.

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.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: