¹⁰ The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”

³³ With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.^{(A) 34} He did not say anything to them without using a parable.^(B) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

¹⁰ When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.