Mark 4:2

And then he taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

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

And so he summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

And he said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Listen, a farmer went out to sow.

Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

And it happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the crowds were astonished at his teaching,

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,

Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.

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