And He beganto speakto them in parables:"A manPLANTEDA VINEYARDAND PUTA WALLAROUNDIT, AND DUGA VAT UNDER THE WINE PRESSAND BUILTA TOWER,and rentedit out to vine-growersand went on a journey.
And it will comeabout in that day,that everyplacewherethere used to be a thousandvines,[valued] at a thousand[shekels] of silver,will becomebriarsand thorns.
"Yet I plantedyou a choicevine,A completelyfaithfulseed.Howthen have you turnedyourself before Me Into the degenerateshoots of a foreignvine?
Then I said,"AhLordGOD!They are sayingof me, 'Is he not [just] speakingparables?'"
And He spokemany thingsto them in parables,saying,"Behold,the sowerwentout to sow;
"But whatdo you think?A manhadtwosons,and he cameto the firstand said,Son,goworktodayin the vineyard.'
"Listento anotherparable.There was a landownerwhoPLANTEDA VINEYARDAND PUTA WALLAROUNDIT AND DUGA WINE PRESSIN IT, AND BUILTA TOWER,and rentedit out to vine-growersand went on a journey.
"Whenthe harvesttimeapproached,he senthis slavesto the vine-growersto receivehis produce.
"For [it is] just likea man[about] to go on a journey,who calledhis ownslavesand entrustedhis possessionsto them.
AnsweringJesus,they said,"We do not know."And Jesussaidto them, "Norwill I tellyou by whatauthorityI dothese things."
"[It is] likea manaway on a journey,[who] upon leavinghis houseand puttinghis slavesin charge,[assigning] to each onehis task,alsocommandedthe doorkeeperto stay on the alert.
And He calledthem to Himself and began speakingto them in parables,"HowcanSatancastout Satan?
And He was teachingthem many thingsin parables,and was sayingto them in His teaching,
"And not manydayslater,the youngersongatheredeverythingtogetherand went on a journeyinto a distantcountry,and therehe squanderedhis estatewith looseliving.
SoHe said,"A noblemanwentto a distantcountryto receivea kingdomfor himself,and [then] return.
They saidto Him, "Wheredo You wantus to prepareit?"
And He said,"To you it has been grantedto knowthe mysteriesof the kingdomof God,but to the rest[it is] in parables,sothat SEEINGTHEY MAY NOT SEE,AND HEARINGTHEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.
"Thisis the one who was in the congregationin the wildernesstogetherwith the angelwho was speakingto him on MountSinai,and [who was] with our fathers;and he receivedlivingoraclesto passon to you.
