Mat 13:13. Ὄτι, κ.τ.λ., because, etc.) Our Lord, therefore, did not speak to the people in parables without a cause. And nevertheless He had often before spoken to them without parables, out of compassion (see ch. Mat 9:36, and Mar 6:34), and they had not profited [by His teaching].-οὐδὲ συνιοῦσι) neither do they understand.