Luke 8:9

¹⁰When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

¹⁸“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

¹⁰The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

³⁴Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

³⁶Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”

³Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

^17[+] When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. ¹⁸He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

¹⁵No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

¹⁵Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”