“And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.”
With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand — the summary confirms that the parables recorded in chapter 4 are a selection from a much larger teaching corpus. As much as they could understand communicates Jesus' pedagogical sensitivity: the parables are calibrated to the audience's current capacity. The teaching is not one-size-fits-all but graduated to what the hearers can receive at their current stage of understanding. The process of understanding the kingdom is progressive, not immediate — even the disciples receive the teaching in stages, and each stage is calibrated to their current comprehension.
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