<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So listen to the parable of the sower:

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

<p class="bodytext">He said to them, &#8220;Don&#8217;t you understand this parable? Then<n id="1" /> how will you understand any parable?

<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">Now when<n id="1" /> Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there.

But Peter<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;Explain this parable to us.&#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.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> his disciples asked him what this parable meant.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now the parable means<n id="1" /> this: The seed is the word of God.

He then<n id="1" /> told them a parable:<n id="2" /> &#8220;The land of a certain rich man produced<n id="3" /> an abundant crop,

<p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> told them<n id="3" /> this parable:<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> told them a parable to show them they should always<n id="3" /> pray and not lose heart.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he told them a parable: &#8220;Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.<n id="2" />

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" />

When<n id="1" /> the chief priests and the Pharisees<n id="2" /> heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

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

<t /><p class="bodytext">When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

<t /><p class="bodytext">He also asked, &#8220;To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?