People were completely astounded and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Then he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.