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So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
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The Parable of the Sower
Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.
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He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:
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When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.
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He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
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Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
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The Parable of the Growing Seed
He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
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With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.
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He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
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After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
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The Parable of the Tenants
Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
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Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.
