Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,

He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them: “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”