Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?