Know ye not this parable? (ουκ οιδατε την παραβολην ταυτεν; ). They had asked Jesus his reasons for using parables. This question …

Know ye not this parable? This parable, which is so plain and obvious.

How then will ye know all parables? Those which are…

How then will ye know all parables? (Mark 4:13)—The question is peculiar to St. Mark, and suggests the though…

"For this is one of the simplest of them all; if you do not understand this parable, what will you understand?"

Theophylact of Ohrid: Although the Lord appears to neglect his mother in the events mentioned above, He still honors her, s…

There is a slight rebuke in Jesus’ statement. He implies that the meaning of the parable of the sower is clear and understandable. If the disciples…

And he says unto them, know you not this parable ?
&c.] So easy to be understood, taken from things common, and whic…

This parable contained instruction so important that all capable of hearing were obligated to pay attention to it. There are many things it is impo…