Mark 4:34

And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples.

John 16:25

“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

Matthew 13:36-43

Then He dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached Him and said, “Explain the parable of the weeds in the field to us.”

Matthew 15:15-20

Then Peter replied to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

Mark 4:10

When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Mark 7:17-23

When He went into the house away from the crowd, the disciples asked Him about the parable.

Luke 8:9-10

Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”

Luke 24:44-46

Then He told them, “These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

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Summary

Mark 4:34

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

When

General references

Mark 7:17

Bible References

When

When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.

When He went into the house away from the crowd, the disciples asked Him about the parable.

Then He dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached Him and said, “Explain the parable of the weeds in the field to us.”

Then Peter replied to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

General references

“Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and He would not speak anything to them without a parable,

Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.

When He went into the house away from the crowd, the disciples asked Him about the parable.