Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to test him with hard questions.

I will extend my ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

to understand a proverb and an enigma; the words of the wise, and their difficult sayings.

Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

Then I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! They say of me, Does he not speak parables?

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

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; 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 best places, saying to them:

His disciples said to Him, Behold, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech.

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

Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me yet another seven years.

And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also.

At that time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt.

And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

And a certain young man followed Him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. And the young men laid hold of him,

and he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.

He gave to all of them, to each man, changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.

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

And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the mountains of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments.

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

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