Those Who Have Ears to Hear Will Not Hear

The parables are ore a way for him to rally the right people around him, and to prepare the right people while buying time so that he hasn't caused too much controversy too fast. He says if some one had asked jesus why he spoke so cryptically, he might well have replied with the famous and otherwise puzzling words from isaiah six. If they really were to see and understand, there might be a riot. That's not what gat sas in isaiah. Ah, no, no, he's commenting on jesus e specifically. And it's because it when jesus often was direct and clear, religious leaders wanted to kill him,