So Jesus called them over and gave them an illustration. He said, “How can Satan drive out Satan?
Jesus taught the crowd all these things by telling stories. He didn’t say anything to them without using a story.
He taught them many things by telling them stories. In his teaching he said,
Jesus said to him, “Get away from me, Satan! It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”
Then he taught them many things by telling them stories. He said, “A farmer went out to plant his seed.
If a kingdom fights against itself, it can’t stand.
He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but for outsiders, everything is told in stories.
Then Jesus began to speak to the people using stories. He said, “A man planted a vineyard, put up a wall around it, dug a pit for a winepress, and built a lookout tower. Then he rented the vineyard out to some farmers and moved to another place.