And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred {pieces} of silver, and five changes of raiment.

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand {pieces} of gold, and ten changes of raiment. {with...: Heb. in his hand}

And he said, All {is} well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. {the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech}

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. {proverb: or, parable}

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about {his} naked {body}; and the young men laid hold on him:

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand {pieces} of gold, and ten changes of raiment. {with...: Heb. in his hand}

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

She maketh fine linen, and selleth {it}; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred {pieces} of silver, and five changes of raiment.

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the {same} day that Isaac was weaned.

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,