'Stories' in the Bible

And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.