And when He had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples were asking Him about the parable.
And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”
Now Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.”
And when He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home.
And He *came home, and the crowd *gathered again, so that they could not even eat a meal.
And when He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.
and He was not speaking to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.
[And if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]
And He *said to them, “Are you lacking understanding in this way as well? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,
And when He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”