But Peter said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”
“Hear, then, the parable of the sower.
Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
Then he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.
When he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
His disciples said, “Yes, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure of speech!