moves in the midst of the multitudes, here He takes His place alone. What a scene it must have been. There on the seashore the multitudes, and He alone some ways from the shore—He cannot be reached by touch now. All is significant. Then when all eyes hang upon His lips, He began to speak. What He says is in parables, and without parables He did not speak to them. He utters seven parables. In no other Gospel do we find them grouped together as here. Why is this? The reason is obvious. This is the