<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the disciples came to him and said, &#8220;Why do you speak to them in parables?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus spoke<n id="1" /> to them again in parables, saying:

He taught them many things in parables,<n id="1" /> and in his teaching said to them:

<t /><p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

He<n id="1" /> told them many things in parables,<n id="2" /> saying: &#8220;Listen!<n id="3" /> A sower went out to sow.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

So<n id="1" /> he called them and spoke to them in parables:<n id="2" /> &#8220;How can Satan cast out Satan?

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:<n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>I will open my mouth in parables,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the worldb>.i>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

He said to them, &#8220;The secret<n id="1" /> of the kingdom of God has been given<n id="2" /> to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he began to speak to them in parables: &#8220;A man planted a vineyard.<n id="2" /> He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then<n id="3" /> he leased it to tenant farmers<n id="4" /> and went on a journey.

He<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;You have been given<n id="2" /> the opportunity to know<n id="3" /> the secrets<n id="4" /> of the kingdom of God,<n id="5" /> but for others they are in parables, so that <b><i>although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understandi>b>.<n id="6" />p>