And the disciples came nigh, and said to him, Why speakest thou in parables to them?
And he answered, and said to them, For to you it is given to know the privates [or mysteries] of the kingdom of heavens; but it is not given to them.
And he spake to them many things in parables, and said, Lo! he that soweth, went out to sow his seed.
He that hath ears of hearing, hear he.
And when he was by himself, the twelve that were with him asked him to expound the parable.
But his disciples asked him, what this parable was.