Matthew Poole and continuators on Mark 4:34

34 But without a parable, Spake he not unto them, and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

From hence we may gather that all the Parables by which on Saviour instructed his hearers are not recorded by the Evangelists tho many bee, and some mentioned by one, some by two of them, which are not recorded by the other, as they were able to hear it. Christ disdained not to accommodate his stile, and method of Preaching▪ to his hearers capacity, neither will any faithful Minister or Christ do it, he Preacheth in the best stile, Language and Method that Preacheth best to the capacity, understanding and profit of his hearers. Other Preachers do indeed but trif[illegible: 1 letter]le with the greate[illegible: 1 letter]t Work under Heaven, and please themselves with their own noises. That he did not speak without a Parable unto them, was That he might speak with the best advantage, for their Understandings▪ and their Memories, and have the greater influence upo[illegible: 1 letter] their affections. For Similitudes have these three advantages. 2. That he might discern who came to hear him with a desire to learn, and be instructed by him, by their coming to him, to inquire of his Parables. For altho some of his Parables were plain, and easy to be understood, yet others of them were dark sayings, because the Doctrine taught by them was more Mysterious; Consciencious hearers would therefore come to have the Parables expounded to them, these were those Disciples mentioned v. 34. to whom he was wont to expound the Parables, in or by which he taught the Multitude. For other common hearers, their contenting themselves, with a mere hearing a sound of Words, which they did not understand, was a sufficient indication, that they made no Conscience of their Duty, but were such to whom it was not given to know the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but such upon whom the Prophecy of the Prophet Isaiah was to be fulfilled, Isaiah 6.9, 10.