Cross References

Matthew 15:15

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Peter said to him in reply, “Explain [this] parable to us.”

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“Hear then the parable of the sower.

Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

He said to them, “Are even you still without understanding?

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.

When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable.

His disciples said, “Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech.