Now the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to test him with riddles.

I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my riddle on the harp.

and will understand a parable, and an enigma; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.

Son of man, relate a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel:

And I said, Not so, O Lord God! They say to me, Is not this that is spoken a parable?

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds, and without a parable He did not speak to them,

So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:

His disciples said to Him, "See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!

For now we see through a mirror by reflection, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

Fulfill then her week, and I will give her to you also in return for your service, which you serve with me, yet seven other years.

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also.

And Solomon kept the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entering in of Hamath, and as far as the river of Egypt.

And having stripped Him, they put a scarlet robe on Him.

Now a certain young man had followed Him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. And the young men seized him,

but leaving behind the linen cloth, he fled from them naked.

And he gave to them all two sets of clothing apiece; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of gold, and five changes of clothing.

And the king of Syria said to Naaman, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, and took in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

And [Gehazi] said, All is well: my master has sent me, saying, Behold, now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from Mount Ephraim; please give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothes.

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves dig through and steal;

Your riches have decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten.