And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear {it}.

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

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

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. {proverbs: or, parables}

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, {it} cannot defile him;

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. {another: Heb. his fellow, or, neighbour}

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A {certain} man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about {it}, and digged {a place for} the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what {shall be} the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?