<p>13:10&nbsp;<em>And the disciples came and said to him: Why do you speak to them in parables?-</em>&nbsp;This question is understandable if this was the first parable the Lord spoke; see on :1. They were taken aback by His changed method of teaching, probably noticing that the eagerly listening multitudes had not properly understood it, overhearing all kinds of wild guesses at what the Lord was maybe driving at.&nbsp;</p>