His disciples began asking him what this parable meant.
In context
7Other seed fell in among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and smothered it. 8And other seed fell into good soil; it came up and yielded a hundred times over.” As he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” 9His disciples began asking him what this parable meant. 10He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; to the rest it comes in parables, so that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand. 11This is what the parable means. The seed is the word of God.
