Same here, but it's an awful long Gospel reading so it's understandable that a homilist will have to leave a lot of details unsaid to focus on other things. That's why it's important that Catholics prepare themselves for the mass readings ahead of time by being good students and pray-ers of the Bible. The Bible study group I lead does exactly that and people tell me it is transformative for how they understand the readings each week.
Thank you for your kind replys. You made me realize that perhaps the reason I always hear the homilies from one certain perspective (the defective Pharisees) is that our priest used to teach scripture at the seminary. Probably every priest around here took that class from him.