And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) / Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.