Matthew 13:36

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Ver. 36. Declare unto us the parable] Private conference hath incredible profit. The minister cannot possibly say all in an hour: seek settlement from his lips, who both must preserve, and present knowledge to the people. Junius was converted by conference with a countryman of his not far from Florence, Galeacius Caraeciolus, by a similitude of Peter Martyr's in his public lectures on 1 Corinth., seconded and set on by private discourse. David was more affected by Nathan's "Thou art the man," than by all the lectures of the law, for twelve months before.