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Matthew 13:10-17

The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 13:10-17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The reason why Christ spoke to the multitudes in parables.

The question of the disciples ().

Christ's antithesis—You are the recipients of God's gift; they are not ().

This is not arbitrary, but in accordance with a universal law ().

They have not been using their faculties, and therefore they are thus judged, in accordance with the words of Isaiah (verses 13-15).

The privilege of the disciples further insisted upon (verses 16, 17).

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