So ¹  with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

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.

What we have heard and learned ¹  – that which our ancestors ²  have told us –

Then ¹  the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

He also asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

Then ¹  Jesus ²  told them a parable to show them they should always ³  pray and not lose heart. ⁴ 

The list of Joash’s ¹  sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. ²  His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, ¹  was sinking ²  into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak ³  for a long time. Fast asleep, ⁴  he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

“Son of man, offer a riddle, ¹  and tell a parable to the house of Israel.

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.

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 

While ¹  you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive ²  and verify your report.” ³ 

Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”

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

Then ¹  he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. ² 

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

But reject those myths ¹  fit only for the godless and gullible, ²  and train yourself for godliness.

So Jehu eradicated Baal worship ¹  from Israel.