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

And he called them {unto him}, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all {these} things are done in parables:

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

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

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

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

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

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and {love} salutations in the marketplaces,

The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.

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

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 he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, {even} to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

And he called them {unto him}, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and {love} salutations in the marketplaces,