“He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, he explained everything to his own disciples.” (v. 34)

If you want to understand the Word—if you want a deeper, fuller, better comprehension of Jesus—there really is just the one thing to do:

Get alone with Him.

That doesn’t always mean, like, “alone” alone. Yes, you are meant to be in His Word, devoted to it devotionally. He, by the Spirit, will keep unfolding His truth for you. But He also does it in the local church, where a small groups comes out from the culture to hear proclamation and exposition and theology. These are private spaces, separate from the wider wondering world.

So do it. Start this week. Open the Bible, read on your own and with a group, and get in the church.

And listen—because Jesus will teach is when we do.

— Tyler