Mark 4:2

He taught them many things by illustrations and said to them:

Jesus spoke with illustrations to the crowds. He did not speak anything without using illustrations.

Jesus called them to him and spoke to them in illustrations. He asked: How could Satan cast out Satan?

He told them: The secret of the kingdom of God is given to you. Illustrations are spoken to outsiders.

He told them many illustrations. He said: A farmer went out to sow.

The disciples asked him: Why do you speak in illustrations?

I will incline my ear (turn my attention) to a proverb. I will explain my riddle with the music of a harp.

I will open my mouth in an illustration. I will utter dark sayings of old,

When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at what he taught.

He spoke the word to them with many illustrations as long as they were able to listen.

He said: Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and to have greetings in the marketplaces.

Jesus replied: My teaching is not my own. It is his who sent me.

The high priest asked Jesus about his disciples and about the things he taught.

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