Quotes About Teaching

The farmer sows the word.

Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

When Jesus had again crossed by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him beside the sea.

Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.

Meanwhile, the apostles gathered around Jesus and brought Him news of all they had done and taught.

When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.

So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,

They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.í

Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:

After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

And about four thousand men were present. As soon as Jesus had dismissed the crowd,

He got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?

“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.

And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.