After the return of Jesus to the house His disciples asked Him privately, »How is it that we could not expel the spirit?«
(And His disciples came and asked Him, »Why do you speak to them in figurative language?«
When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, His disciples came to Him with the request, »Explain to us the parable of the darnel sown in the field.«
»Explain to us this figurative language,« said Peter.
After some days He entered Capernaum again, and it soon became known that He was at home;
And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.
When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.
But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.
After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech.
but Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he stood on his feet.
»An evil spirit of this kind,« He answered, »can only be driven out by prayer.«