³ Then He told them many things in parables,^(A) saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

¹⁵ Then Peter replied to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”^(A)

The Parable of the Vineyard Owner

³³ “Listen^(A) to another parable:^(B) There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower.^(C) He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.^(D)

⁴⁵ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables,^(A) they knew He was speaking about them.

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

22 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

The Parable of the Fig Tree

³² “Now learn this parable^(A) from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.