sharpens the contrast) is also redactional in the doublet in 25:29. καὶ ὅ ἔχει ἀρθήσεται ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ. This was found in both Mark and Q, and Matthew has not seen fit to introduce any alterations. Compare 4 Ezra 7:25; Gos. Thom. 41; and b. B. Qam. 92a.74 13. διὰ τοῦτο ἐν παραβολαῖς αὐτοῖς λαλῶ. Compare Mk 4:11c: ‘but to those outside everything is in parables’. διὰ τοῦτο* is Matthean; and of twenty-six occurrences of λαλέω, exactly half belong to chapters 12 and 13. ὅτι βλέποντες
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