But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.”
“Hear then the parable of the sower.
Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!