When teaching a large crowd on one occasion, Jesus, according to his custom, used a series of illustrations to test the crowd and weed out those who had no more than a superficial interest in the Kingdom.
Reiz, mācot lielu pūli, Jēzus pēc sava paraduma lietoja uzskatāmu piemēru virkni, lai pārbaudītu ļaudis un atsijātu tos, kas tikai virspusīgi interesējās par Valstību.