²⁸ After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately,^(A) “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

²⁰ He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith^(A) as small as a mustard seed,^(B) you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.^(C) Nothing will be impossible for you.”

¹⁷ After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him^(A) about this parable.

³⁴ He did not say anything to them without using a parable.^(A) 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.

¹⁵ Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”^(A)

The Parable of the Weeds Explained

³⁶ Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable^(A) of the weeds in the field.”

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