Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
“Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:
Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.
