⁹ And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

¹⁰ And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

¹⁸ Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

¹⁰ And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

³ And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.

³⁶ Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

¹⁵ Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.

³⁴ And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

¹⁷ And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

¹⁸ And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

¹⁵ No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.