He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high ¹  and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

He presented them with another parable: ¹  “The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

He gave ¹  them another parable: ²  “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed ³  that a man took and sowed in his field.

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Jesus ¹  also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down ²  on everyone else.

So Jehu eradicated Baal worship ¹  from Israel.

Then ¹  Jesus ²  said, “A man had two sons.

Then ¹  he began to tell the people this parable: “A man ²  planted a vineyard, ³  leased it to tenant farmers, ⁴  and went on a journey for a long time.

Then ¹  the experts in the law ²  and the chief priests wanted to arrest ³  him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But ⁴  they were afraid of the people.

When ¹  the chief priests and the Pharisees ²  heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

So ¹  he called them and spoke to them in parables: ²  “How can Satan cast out Satan?

He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.

He then ¹  told them a parable: ²  “The land of a certain rich man produced ³  an abundant crop,

Jesus told them this parable, ¹  but they ²  did not understand ³  what he was saying to them.

The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ¹  wide, the middle floor nine feet ²  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ³  feet wide. He made ledges ⁴  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ⁵ 

The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.

“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner ¹  who planted a vineyard. ²  He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then ³  he leased it to tenant farmers ⁴  and went on a journey.

Now ¹  they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So ²  they left him and went away. ³ 

While the people were listening to these things, Jesus ¹  proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, ²  and because they thought ³  that the kingdom of God ⁴  was going to ⁵  appear immediately.

He said to them, “Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these ¹  people.