And He taught them much in parables, and said to them in His teaching:
I incline my ear to a parable; I expound my riddle on the lyre.
I open my mouth in a parable; I utter riddles of old,
And the taught ones came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
And He spoke to them much in parables, saying, “See, the sower went out to sow.
And it came to be, when יהושע had ended these words, that the people were astonished at His teaching,
And rising up from there He came into the borders of Yehuḏ
And He began to speak to them in parables, “A man planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it, and dug a vat for the winepress and built a watchtower, and let it out to farmers and went away.
And in His teaching He was saying to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and like greetings in the market-places,
And calling them near He said to them in parables, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan?
And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the secret of the reign of Elohim, but to those who are outside, all are done in parables,
“Listen! See, a sower went out to sow.
Then the high priest asked יהושע about His taught ones and His teaching.