And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable.
And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.
Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to us the parable of the cockle of the field.
And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.
And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.
And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
AND again he entered into Capharnaum after some days.
And they come to a house, and the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? understand you not that every thing from without, entering into a man cannot defile him: