When He had left the people and entered the house, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.
The disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
Then Jesus sent the crowds away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
Then Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
Again, He entered Capernaum after some days. And it was reported that He was in the house.
Then they entered a house, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat bread.
When He was alone, those who were around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.
Without a parable He did not speak to them. But when they were alone, He expounded on all things to His disciples.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
He said to them, “Are you so without understanding also? Do you not know that anything from the outside that enters a man cannot defile him,
When He had entered the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”