And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he says, “Teacher, say on.”
We learn immediately that Jesus knew exactly what he was thinking. For He casually turned to him and said, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” It says something for Simon that he showed nothing of what he was thinking and spoke as though nothing was wrong. We have only to think for a moment to realise what all the other guests were thinking, and that they would all be uncomfortably looking at Simon wondering what to do. But he simply said, “Teacher, say on”, as though nothing unusual was happening at all.
Jesus then spoke in the form of a short parable.