MATTHEW 13:34 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:”
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. The summary of the public Parable Discourse: everything was in parables. The parables were not illustrations attached to straightforward teaching but the entire mode of communication with the crowd. The second half of the discourse (verses 36–52) will be private teaching to the disciples inside the house.
Church Fathers on Matthew 13:34
After the foregoing parables, that none might think that Christ was bringing forward any thing new, the Evangelist quotes the Prophet, foretelling even this His manner of preaching: Mark’s words are, 'And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.' [Mark 4:33]
The Greek word 'Parable,' is rendered in Latin 'Similitude,' by which truth is explained; and an image or representation of the reality is set forth.
Yet He spoke not in parables to the disciples, but to the multitude; and even to this day the multitude hears in parables; and therefore it is said, 'And without a parable spake he not unto them.'
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