‘And it came about that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from that place.'

Having ‘completed His teaching' in parables Jesus departed from that place. This is Matthew's regular method of finalising a batch of Jesus' teaching (Matthew 5:28; Matthew 11:1; Matthew 19:1; Matthew 26:1), and he now moves on into more narrative, building up his picture of Jesus.

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