And rising up from there, He came into the borders of Judea by the other side of the Jordan. And again crowds came together to Him, and as He usually did, He again was teaching them.
And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard,” and set a fence around it and dug a winevat, “and built a tower.” And he rented it to vinedressers and went abroad. Isa. 5:1, 2
And He said to them in His teaching, Watch out from the scribes, the ones desiring to walk about in long robes, and desiring greetings in the marketplaces,
And He said to them, To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to these, those outside, all things are being given in parables,