And the disciples, coming near, said to him, Wherefore, in parables, art thou speaking to them?
And when he was alone they who were about him with the twelve questioned him as to the parables;
And he spake unto them many things, in parables, saying: Lo! the sower went forth to sow,—
He that hath ears, let him hear.
And, he, answering, said, Because, unto you, hath it been given, to get to know the sacred secrets of the kingdom of the heavens,—whereas, unto them, hath it not been given.
But his disciples began to question him—What might, this very, parable be?