Matthew 15:15

Good News Translation (US Version)

Peter spoke up, “Explain this saying to us.”

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When Jesus had left the crowd and gone indoors, his disciples came to him and said, “Tell us what the parable about the weeds in the field means.”

Then his disciples said to him, “Now you are speaking plainly, without using figures of speech.

When he left the crowd and went into the house, his disciples asked him to explain this saying.

He would not speak to them without using parables, but when he was alone with his disciples, he would explain everything to them.

“Listen, then, and learn what the parable of the sower means.

Jesus said to them, “You are still no more intelligent than the others.