And Samson said to them, “Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes,
“Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.
To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes.
And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’”
And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,
And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.
And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of parables?’”
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
At that time Solomon held the feast for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt.
Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.” Jacob did so, and completed her week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
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