Now Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.”
“Hear then the parable of the sower.
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.”
And Jesus said, “Are you still lacking in understanding also?
and He was not speaking to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.
And when He had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples were asking Him about the parable.
His disciples *said, “Behold, now You are speaking openly and are not using a figure of speech.