And so it happened when Jesus had finished [speaking] these words, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,

But your eyes are fortunate for they [really] see, and so are your ears, for they [really] hear.

Therefore, I am speaking to them with parables because [although] they can see, they [really] do not perceive, and [although] they can hear, they [really] do not comprehend, and so they [utterly] fail to understand [what I am trying to get across].

And so when Jesus had finished speaking He left Galilee and came to the region of Judea, on the east side of the Jordan River.