He has explained Him

You wade through Ezek and Isa and Jer, and by the time you get to the NT and the conversations and parables of Jesus, and it's like breathing for the first time. I'd guess that more is preached on the meat from the NT, especially the parables, than any other.

All this to say this: you think His parables are valuable, look into the parable parallels that He places in your life. You think He's done with the explication? Far from it. We're just not trained to look.

Example: Tonight, racing through the rain, running on already punished and compromised lungs, and for what? A lost blackberry nestled in the folds of a cabseat? Later, in the irritated confines of my room remembering the incident, I recall the very same parable used last Friday -- the lost coin and lost sheep.

This is how He looks for His lost ones.

Such reminders while seemingly rare, are probably all around. We're just not looking. Note to self for the new year: look. For the love of God (literally), look.