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And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.