he began.

Mark 4:2, 11-13, 33, 34
and He taught them many things in parables. And in His teaching He said, . . .

Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, 'Is he not just telling parables?'"

Matthew 13:10-15, 34, 35
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do You speak to the people in parables?" . . .

Matthew 21:28-33
"But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.' . . .

Matthew 22:1-14
Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables: . . .

Luke 8:10
He replied, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, 'Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.'

Luke 22:9
"Where do You want us to prepare it?" they asked.

A certain.

Matthew 21:33-40
Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. . . .

Luke 20:9-15
Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time. . . .

planted.

Psalm 80:8-16
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. . . .

Isaiah 5:1-4
I will sing for my beloved, a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. . . .

Jeremiah 2:21
I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before me, into a rotten wild vine?

Luke 13:6-9
Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. . . .

John 15:1-8
I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. . . .

Romans 11:17-24
Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, . . .

and set.

Nehemiah 9:13, 14
You came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. . . .

Psalm 78:68, 69
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. . . .

Psalm 147:19, 20
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. . . .

Ezekiel 20:11, 12, 18-20
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances--for the man who does these things will live by them. . . .

Acts 7:38, 46, 47
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us. . . .

Romans 3:1, 2
What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? . . .

Romans 9:4, 5
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the Law, the temple worship, and the promises. . . .

and let.

Song of Solomon 8:11, 12
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver. . . .

Isaiah 7:23
And on that day, in every place where there used to be a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, there will be only thorns and briers.

and went.

Mark 13:34
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

Matthew 25:14
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

Luke 15:13
After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

Luke 19:12
So He said, "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.