He began to speak unto them in parables (ηρξατο αυτοις εν παραβολαις λαλειν). Mark's common idiom again. He does not mean that thi…

And he began to speak to them by parables.—See Notes on Matthew 21:33-36. The parable which, like that of the Sower, and …

Glossa Ordinaria: After the Lord had closed the mouths of His tempters with a wise question, He next shows their wickedness in…

Mark does not identify who Jesus’ hearers were, though they were probably the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders (cf. 11:27). T…

And he began to speak unto them by parables
As of the two sons the father bade go to work in the vineyard; and of th…

Christ showed in parables that he would set aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what contemptible treatment God's faithful ministers have r…