τοιαύταις π. π., with such parables, many of them, He was speaking to them the word, implying that the three sower; blade, ear and full corn; mustard seed are given as samples of the utterances from the boat, all of one type, about seed representing the word, and expressing Christ's feelings of disappointment yet of hope regarding His ministry. Many is to be taken cum grano. καθὼς ἠδύναντο ἀκούειν = as they were able to understand, as in 1 Corinthians 14:2, implying that parables were employed to make truth plain (De Wette).

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