And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?
I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.
And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;
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;
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear: