Matthew 15:15

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Then Peter said to him in response, “Explain this parable to us.”

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“Hear then the parable of the sower:

Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house, and his disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding?

He did not speak to them without using a parable, but privately he explained everything to his disciples.

After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into a house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

His disciples said to him, “Behold, now yoʋ are speaking plainly and not using any figure of speech.