And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
“Hear then the parable of the sower:
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,
He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.”
Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
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