He used this figure also in speaking to them: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and sews it on an old one, or if he does, he will both tear the new one and the piece from the new one will not match the old one.

And he used a figure saying, "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into a hole?

His disciples asked him what this figure meant.

This is what the figure means. The seed is God's message.

Peter said to him, "Master, do you mean this figure for us, or is it for everybody?"

He used this figure: "A man had a fig tree growing in his garden, and he went to look for fruit on it, and could not find any.

So in speaking to them he used this figure: