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Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”
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Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
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The Purpose of Parables
And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
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Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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Prophecy and the Parables
All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to 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 kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there.
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Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them.
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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:
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So He called them to Himself and said to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
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Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching:
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The Purpose of Parables
But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.
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And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables,
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The Parable of the Sower Explained
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
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Jesus’ Use of Parables
And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.
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The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers
Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
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The Purpose of Parables
Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”
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And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.’
