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Mat_13:13. Διὰ τοῦτο ] refers to what immediately precedes; because their case is similar to that of the poor, and so they would lose the little that they had; but the ὅτι (because, namely) which follows introduces an explanation by way of justifying διὰ τοῦτο (comp. Joh_10:17), and which depicts in proverbial language (Isa_32:3; Isa_35:5 f., 9 f.; Jer_5:21) the people’s dulness of apprehension. It is unnecessary to make the reference of διὰ τοῦτο extend so far back as Mat_13:11 (Fritzsche, de Wette, Bleek). In defiance of grammar, yet in deference to the parallels in Mark and Luke, Olshausen says that ὅτι , because, expresses the result intended ( ἵνα ); similarly Schegg; comp. also Weizsäcker, p. 413.