Parabolic Sayings Before the Parables of the Kingdom

From the Gospel of Mark

"I will make you fishers of men" (1:17).

"Those who are well do not need a doctor, only those who are sick" (2:17).

“Are the wedding guests able to fast while the bridegroom is still with them?" (2:19).

"Nobody puts new wine into old wineskins" (2:22).

"If a kingdom be divided against itself, it is not possible for that kingdom to stand" (3:24).

"If a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand" (3:25).

"He looked over the people who were sitting around him and said, `Look, here are my mother and my brothers"' (3:34).

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