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I have also spoken to the prophets, And I provided many visions, And through the prophets I spoke in parables.
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Jesus Teaches in Parables
On that day Jesus had gone out of the house and was sitting by the sea.
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And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
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An Explanation for Parables
And the disciples came up and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
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Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak anything to them without a parable.
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This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will proclaim things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
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Jesus Revisits Nazareth
When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.
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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.
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Parable of the Marriage Feast
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
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And so He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
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And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
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As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve disciples, began asking Him about the parables.
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And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but for those who are outside, everything comes in parables,
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Explanation of the Parable
And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?
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And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to understand it;
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Parable of the Vine-growers
And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.
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And He said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest they are told in parables, so that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.
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Parables of Mustard Seed and Leaven
So He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
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Parables on Prayer
Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not become discouraged,
