His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant,
Let us try to know the Lord. He will come to us as surely as the day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the earth.”
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”
“Listen, then, and learn what the parable of the sower means.
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.”
Peter spoke up, “Explain this saying to us.”
When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables.
He would not speak to them without using parables, but when he was alone with his disciples, he would explain everything to them.
I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because I have told you everything I heard from my Father.
