With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
The lessons which our Saviour designs to teach us here by parables and figurative expressions are these: - I. That those who are good ought to consider the obligations they are under to do good; that is, as in the parable before, to bring forth fruit.
Commenting on Mark 4:21-34
And he was in the hinder part of the ship,.... That is, Christ was in the stern of the ship: the Persic version renders it, "he was in the bottom of the ship, in a corner", but very wrongly; here he was asleep on a pillow, which some say was a wooden one, framed at the stern: however, he was fast asleep on it, being...
Verse 33. Spake he the word. The word of God. The doctrines of his gospel. As they were able to hear it. As they could comprehend it. They were like children; and he was obliged to lead them along cautiously, and by degrees, to a full understanding of the plan of salvation. (h) "greater than all herbs" (i) "as they were able"