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• Antiochus took with him eighteen hundred talents which he had stolen from the Temple, and hurriedly went back to Antioch, so proud that he thought himself capable of sailing by land and walking on the sea. (2 Maccabees 5, 21)

• Nicanor intended to raise two thousand talents by the sale of Jewish slaves in order to pay for the tribute the king owed to the Romans. (2 Maccabees 8, 10)

• "Son of man, set a riddle and relate a parable to the people of Israel. Yahweh says this: (Ezekiel 17, 2)

• Teach this rebellious people by means of a parable: This is what Yahweh ordered me to do: Put the pot on the fire; place it there and pour water into it. (Ezekiel 24, 3)

• Now listen to the parable of the sower. (Matthew 13, 18)

• Jesus told them another parable, "The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. (Matthew 13, 24)

• Jesus put another parable before them, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, that a man took and sowed in his field. (Matthew 13, 31)

• He told them another parable, "The kingdom of heaven is like the yeast which a woman took and buried in three measures of flour until the whole mass of dough began to rise." (Matthew 13, 33)

• Jesus taught all this to the crowds by means of parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. (Matthew 13, 34)

• Then he sent the crowds away and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." (Matthew 13, 36)

• He gave five talents of silver to one, then two to another, and one to a third, each one according to his ability; and he went away. (Matthew 25, 15)

• He who received five talents went at once to do business with the money and gained another five. (Matthew 25, 16)