The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”