Mark 4:2

He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables. "How can Satan drive out Satan?

He told them, "The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables

Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A farmer went out to sow.

Then the disciples came and asked Jesus, "Why do you speak to people in parables?"

I will focus my attention on a proverb; I will use the harp to expound my riddle.

I will tell a parable, speaking riddles from long ago

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, the crowds were utterly amazed at his teaching,

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

As he taught, he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes, to be greeted in the marketplaces,

Jesus replied to them, "My teaching is not mine but comes from the one who sent me.

Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his own teaching.

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And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,