And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
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.”
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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