13:10 Then 2 the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
1 tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15, 13:43; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8, 14:35).
2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.