Reason for Teaching in Parables (Mt 13:10-17).
10. And the disciples came, and said unto him--"they that were with
Him, when they were alone"
(Mr 4:10).
Why speakest thou to them in parables?--Though before this He had
couched some things in the parabolic form, for more vivid illustration,
it would appear that He now, for the first time, formally employed this
method of teaching.
JFB.
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