With many such parables He used to tell them the word, as much as they were able to hear.
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed.
It puts forth big branches, so the birds of the air can nest in its shade.”
But apart from a parable, He wasn’t speaking to them. Yet when they were alone, to His own disciples He would explain everything.
“I still have much more to tell you, but you cannot handle it just now.