10. And as soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, with the Twelve [apostles], began to ask Him about the parables.
11. And He said to them, To you has been entrusted the mystery of the kingdom of God [that is, the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly]; but for those outside [of our circle] everything becomes a parable,
12. In order that they may [indeed] look and look but not see and perceive, and may hear and hear but not grasp and comprehend, lest haply they should turn again, and it [their willful rejection of the truth] should be forgiven them. [Isa. 6:9, 10; Matt. 13:13-15.]
13. And He said to them, Do you not discern and understand this parable? How then is it possible for you to discern and understand all the parables?
14. The sower sows the Word.