Matthew 13:10

His disciples came and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”

From Background Notes [BN] for January 5^th & 6^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

From this explanation we learn of Jesus’ intentionality within the parable form. Clearly, parables invite questions. When Jesus uses the words, “He who has hears, let him hear,” he is inviting dialogue with the parable.

 
He wants the disciples to ask what the parable means. In their question to him in 13:10, they show a readiness to “see and hear.” Their willingness to see and hear makes them “blessed” (13:16). We might see this statement as a continuation of the Beatitudes: “Blessed are the seekers and the listeners!” Here is also the heart of the Hebrew prophets who “longed to see … longed to hear…” The parables of Jesus pose questions to which Jesus is the answer, just as the words of the prophets promise hope to which Jesus is the fulfillment. [BN, 3]

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