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18 (A)When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side.[a]

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  1. 8:18 The other side: i.e., of the Sea of Galilee.

The Explanation of the Parable of the Weeds. 36 Then, dismissing the crowds,[a] he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

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  1. 13:36 Dismissing the crowds: the return of Jesus to the house marks a break with the crowds, who represent unbelieving Israel. From now on his attention is directed more and more to his disciples and to their instruction. The rest of the discourse is addressed to them alone.

36 Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him.

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17 [a](A)When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable.

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  1. 7:17 Away from the crowd…the parable: in this context of privacy the term parable refers to something hidden, about to be revealed to the disciples; cf. Mk 4:10–11, 34. Jesus sets the Mosaic food laws in the context of the kingdom of God where they are abrogated, and he declares moral defilement the only cause of uncleanness.