Matthew 13:36

φράσον (διασάφησον) [85] [86]) again in Matthew 15:15 : observe the unceremonious style of the request, indicative of intimate familiar relations. Hesychius gives as equivalents for φράζει, δεικνύει, σημαίνει, λέγει, etc. διασάφ. in Deuteronomy 1:5 = make clear, a stronger expression.

[85] Codex Sinaiticus (sæc. iv.), now at St. Petersburg, published in facsimile type by its discoverer, Tischendorf, in 1862.

[86] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.

Matthew 13:36 would seem to imply that the evangelist took these as spoken only to disciples in the house. ut as the Net is closely connected in meaning with the Tares, it is more probable that these parables also are extracts from popular discourses of Jesus, which, like all the others, would gain greatly if seen in their original setting. The Treasure and the Pearl would have their fitting place in a discourse on the kingdom of God as the highest good (Matthew 6:33).