With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private. The Calming of a Storm at Sea.
“I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.