That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. The departure from the house to the seaside marks the beginning of the Parable Discourse — the third of Jesus' five major discourses in Matthew. The setting communicates the public character of the teaching that follows: the sea of Galilee provides the open-air venue for the crowd that will gather. The sitting posture is the teaching posture of the rabbi.

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