Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain to us this parable."
"Therefore hear the parable of the sower:
Then having dismissed the crowds, Jesus went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field."
So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding?
And apart from a parable He did not speak to them, however, privately to His disciples, he would explain all things.
When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples were asking Him about the parable.
His disciples said to Him, "See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!