Then answered Peter and said to him, Explain to us this parable.
Hear therefore the parable of the sower.
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.
And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding?
But without a parable spoke he not to them: and when they were alone, he explained all things to his disciples.
And when he had entered into the house away from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
His disciples said to him, Lo, now you are speaking plainly, and speak no proverb.