THE PARABLES OF JESUS

The parables of Jesus can be found in all the gospels as well as in some of the non canonical gospels but are located mainly within the three synoptic gospels (The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the Synoptic Gospels because they include many of the same stories, often in the same sequence, and sometimes exactly the same wording). 
They represent a key part of the teachings of Jesus, forming approximately one third of his recorded teachings. Christians place high emphasis on these parables, since they are the words of Jesus John 8:28 

Jesus' parables are seemingly simple and memorable stories, often with imagery, and each conveys a message. Scholars have commented that although these parables seem simple, the messages they convey are deep, and central to the teachings of Jesus. Christian authors view them not as mere similitudes which serve the purpose of illustration, but as internal analogies where nature becomes a witness for the spiritual world

Themes

Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven: hearing, seeking and growing

•  The Sower

• Hidden Treasure 

• Pearl

• Growing Seed

• Mustard Seed

• Leaven

  Parables of loss and redemption

  • Lost Sheep

  • Lost Coin

  • Prodigal Son

    Parables about love and forgiveness

    •  Good Samaritan

    • Two Debtors

    • Unforgiving Servant

    Parables about prayer

    • Friend at Night

    • Unjust Judge

    • Pharisee and Publican

    Eschatological parables

    •  Faithful Servant

    • Ten Virgins

    • Great Banquet

    • Rich Fool

    • Wicked Husbandmen

    • Tares

    • The Net

    • Budding Fig Tree

    • Barren Fig Tree

    Other parables

    •  Wise and Foolish Builders

    • Lump under a Bushel

    • Unjust Steward

    • Rich Man and Lazarus

    • Talents (Minas)

    • Workers in the Vineyard

       

    The list of all  these and other Parables include : -
    

    	Parable  Matthew  Mark  Luke  John  Alert servants     13:33-37      Barren fig tree      13:6-9    Bread of life        6:31-38  Budding fig tree  24:32-35  13:28-32  21:29-33    Children in market  11:16-19    7:31-35    Christian light  5:14-16  4:21-23  8:16-18    Dinner guests      14:15-24    Divided kingdom  12:24-30  3:22-27  11:14-23    Feast invitations      14:12-14    Friend at midnight      11:5-13    Good Samaritan      10:25-37    Good shepherd        10:1-18  Great physician  9:10-13  2:15-17  5:29-32    Grooms attendants  9:14-15  2:18-20  5:33-35    Growing seed    4:26-29      Hidden treasure  13:44        Householder  13:52        Humbled guest      14:7-11    King's war plans      14:31-33    Laborers in vineyard  20:1-16        Landowner  21:33-46  12:1-12  20:9-18    Leaven  13:33    13:20-21    Lost coin      15:8-10    Lost sheep      15:4-7    Marriage feast  22:1-14        Mustard seed  13:31-32  4:30-32  13:18-19    Net of fish  13:47-50        New cloth  9:16  2:21  5:36    New wine  9:17  2:22  5:37-39    Pearl of great price  13:45-46        Pharisee and tax collector      18:9-14    Prodigal son      15:11-32    Rich man & Lazarus      16:19-31    Rich fool      12:16-21    Salt without taste  5:13  9:50  14:34-35    Servant's duty      17:7-10    Sheep and goats  25:31-46        Sign of Jonah  12:38-42    11:29-32    Tares in field (part 1)  13:24-30        Tares in field (part 2)  13:36-43        Ten Minas      19:11-27    Ten talents  25:14-30        Ten virgins  25:1-13        The Sower (part 1)  13:3-9  4:3-20  8:4-15    The Sower (part 2)  13:18-23        Two debtors      7:41-43    Two sons  21:28-32        Unclean spirit  12:43-45    11:24-26    Unjust judge      18:1-8    Unjust steward      16:1-13    Unmerciful servant  18:21-35        Unprepared builder      14:28-30    Vine and branches        15:1-17  Watching servants      12:35-40    Wise builder  7:24-27    6:47-49    Wise servant  24:45-51        Wise steward      12:42-48