While this conversation was about one of the parables Jesus taught- specifically that key parable of the seeds/sower, since it was among those he explained in detail... this brought up an interesting point that received no comments.
But if we were playing a game of lawn darts--- this is about as close to catching one in the eye as you can get without actually seeing it coming and ducking out of the way.
Has anyone besides @ScottA ever thought in terms of man being 'a parable of God?'
But if we were playing a game of lawn darts--- this is about as close to catching one in the eye as you can get without actually seeing it coming and ducking out of the way.
Has anyone besides @ScottA ever thought in terms of man being 'a parable of God?'
You have not explained the parable, nor all parables, nor the key to understanding them.
Jesus explained the parable of the sower, thus it needs no further explanation. That is not the point, nor the subject of His question about understanding "all" parables. And no, He wasn't just flustered with their inability to understand.
The point rather and the subject of His statement was "all", which gave the scope of all that is included. In other words, He wasn't just speaking of "all" thirty-some classic parables, but of "all" in the context of "all" since the beginning...as that is where they "all" began--as man was a parable of God (in His image). "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."