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Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6), for emphasis. Greek. idou. App-133.
there went out. This parable is repeated in Luk_8:4 under different circumstances from those in Mat_13:3, which accounts for the variation of wording. The an tecedents in Matthew and Mark are the visit or His kinsfolk, Mar_3:31-34 (which is a consequent in Luk_8:4). The consequent in Matthew and Mark is the question of the Twelve concerning others who asked the meaning. In Luke the consequent is the question of the Twelve as to its meaning (thus hearing it for the first time), followed by the visit of His kinsfolk. Why should not a parable be repeated several times? Why need they be identical? and why should not two accounts of the same be supplementary?