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.”
So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?” So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.” Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
And after sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
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