² And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

¹¹ And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

²³ And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

³⁴ All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

³⁵ That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

¹⁰ And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

³ And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

¹⁹ Then the high priest put questions to Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

¹⁶ Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

¹⁷ If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

³⁸ And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,

³³ And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

³⁴ And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

²⁸ And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,

² Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

⁴ I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.