¹⁷ And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.

¹⁵ And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

³⁶ Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

²⁸ And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, `How is it' that we could not cast it out?

¹⁰ And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

¹⁰ And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables.

³⁴ and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.