»Explain to us this figurative language,« said Peter.
»To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.«
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.«
»Are even you,« He answered, »still without intellingence?
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.
»Ah, now you are using plain language,« said His disciples, »and are uttering no figure of speech!
