Parables

“One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’”

“Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.”

““What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.”

“And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,”

“As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’”

“But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.”

“You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.”

“I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.”