<p>13:36&nbsp;<em>Then he left the crowds- </em>AV &quot;Sent the multitude away<em>&quot;. </em>Here we sense the power of the Lord&rsquo;s personality, able somehow to send a crowd of eager people away.&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>And went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field-</em>&nbsp;The disciples only got the interpretation of the parables because they made the effort to go into the house and ask Him. Previously in this chapter the Lord has spoken of how blessed they are because they understand the parables, and how the crowds don&rsquo;t. But clearly effort had to be made to reach that understanding, it was not automatically beamed into them. They clearly didn&rsquo;t automatically understand the parables because they asked the Lord to &ldquo;declare&rdquo; or (Gk.) expound them to them. They do the same in Mt. 15:15.</p>