Once again Jesus spoke to them in parables (parabolais | παραβολαῖς | dat pl fem), saying:

When the ruling priests and the Pharisees heard his parables (parabolas | παραβολάς | acc pl fem), they perceived that he was speaking about them.

“Listen to another parable: (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went away on a journey.

Then Peter answered him, saying, “Explain this parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) to us.”

Now when Jesus had finished these parables (parabolas | παραβολάς | acc pl fem), he moved on from there.

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) of the weeds in the field.”

so that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables (parabolais | παραβολαῖς | dat pl fem); I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables (parabolais | παραβολαῖς | dat pl fem), and without a parable (parabolēs | παραβολῆς | gen sg fem) he told them nothing;

He spoke another parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and put into three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

He gave them another parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem), saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.