Some people can make uninteresting even the best story.
Yet I read somewhere that in all the Jewish rabbinical literature before Our Lord there was no example to be found of somebody teaching with parables. I am not entirely sure that is true, but certainly that was claimed. It follows on from last week's Gospel and it is interesting that in using the parables Our Lord clearly recognizes or claims that people are divided into two categories. I am sure that a division does not lie along the boundaries of the Catholic Church. I think those to whom the mysteries of the kingdom are revealed are those who are open and honest, as distinct from those who have closed minds.