And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
Ver. 1. Spake unto them again] That by one discourse he might peg in another. He had but a while to be with men, and see how he bestirs him! Natural motion is more swift and violent toward the end of it. It was as pleasant to Christ to seek men's salvation as it is to the devil to seek their destruction; who therefore doth his utmost, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time, Revelation 12:12, his malevolence is motive to his diligence.