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And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
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And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
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Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
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Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
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Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
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Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
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And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
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Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
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And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
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Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
