A parable unto them (παραβολην προς αυτους). The multitude of verses Luke 12:13; Luke 12:15. A short and pungent parable suggested by the covetousness of the man of verse Luke 12:13.

Brought forth plentifully (ευφορησεν). Late word from ευφορος (bearing well), in medical writers and Josephus, here only in the N.T.