³ Then he told them many things in parables,^(A) saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

¹⁵ Then Peter said, “Explain this parable to us.”^(A)

The Parable of the Vineyard Owner

³³ “Listen^(A) to another parable:^(B) There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower.^(C) He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.^(D)

⁴⁵ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables,^(A) they knew he was speaking about them.

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

22 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

The Parable of the Fig Tree

³² “Learn this lesson^(A) from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.