How is it that you do not understand? —True to His method of education, our Lord does not Himself interpret the parable, but is, as it wer…

Fundamentally, it was unbelief that clouded their understanding. Jesus may well say to doubters, “You do not understand.” Truly, nothing m…

Glossa Ordinaria: As the Lord had left the Pharisees because of their unbelief, He now teaches His disciples to be on their gu…

Because they were men of little faith (v.8; cf. 6:30; 8:26; 14:31), they came to an unimaginative conclusion. Jesus could not have been talking abo…

How is it that you do not understand
That you should be so senseless and void of thought, after such instances, as to imag…

Christ speaks of spiritual things using a comparison, and the disciples misunderstand him, taking his words to refer to carnal things. He was displ…

Previously, the Lord demonstrated the sufficiency of the Gospel teaching, showing that it does not require legal observances and, furthermore, that…