And the disciples having come near, said to him, ‘Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?’
And he answering said to them that — ‘To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: ‘Lo, the sower went forth to sow,
He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.’
And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,
And his disciples were questioning him, saying, ‘What may this simile be?’