Jesus preached his message to the people, using many other parables like these; he told them as much as they could understand.
He used parables to tell them many things. “Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.
After a while it grows up and becomes the biggest of all plants. It puts out such large branches that the birds come and make their nests in its shade.”
He would not speak to them without using parables, but when he was alone with his disciples, he would explain everything to them.
“I have much more to tell you, but now it would be too much for you to bear.