And responding, Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us."
Listen, then, to the parable of the sower.
Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. And his disciples drew near to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
But he said: "Are you, even now, without understanding?
But he did not speak to them without a parable. Yet separately, he explained all things to his disciples.
And when he had entered into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.
His disciples said to him: "Behold, now you are speaking plainly and not reciting a proverb.