And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,
And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
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