Mark 4:34

and He did not say anything to them without [using] a parable; He did, however, explain everything privately to His own disciples.

John 16:25

“I have told you these things in figurative language (veiled language, proverbs); the hour is now coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

Matthew 13:36-43

Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, “Explain [clearly] to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Matthew 15:15-20

Peter asked Him, “Explain this parable [about what defiles a person] to us.”

Mark 4:10

As soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, together with the twelve [disciples], began asking Him about [the interpretation of] the parables.

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and [throughout] all the [writings of the] prophets, He explained and interpreted for them the things referring to Himself [found] in all the Scriptures.

Mark 7:17-23

When Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

Luke 8:9-10

Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.

Luke 24:44-46

Then He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, everything which has been written about Me in the Law of Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

As soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, together with the twelve [disciples], began asking Him about [the interpretation of] the parables.

When Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, “Explain [clearly] to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Peter asked Him, “Explain this parable [about what defiles a person] to us.”

Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.

Then beginning with Moses and [throughout] all the [writings of the] prophets, He explained and interpreted for them the things referring to Himself [found] in all the Scriptures.

General references

“Son of man, ask a riddle and tell a parable to the house of Israel,

All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable.

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

As soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, together with the twelve [disciples], began asking Him about [the interpretation of] the parables.

When Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples asked Him about the parable.