Mark 4:34

And He did not speak to them [i.e., concerning the kingdom] without using a parable, but He explained everything to His own disciples privately.

John 16:25

"I have spoken these things to you in figurative language. [However], the time will come when I will not speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Matthew 13:36-43

He then left the crowds and went into the house. [While there] His disciples came to Him, and said, "Explain to us [the meaning of] the parable of the weeds in the field."

Matthew 15:15-20

And Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us."

Mark 4:10

And when He was alone those people who gathered around Him, along with the twelve apostles, asked Him what the parables meant.

Luke 24:27

Then, beginning from [the writings of] Moses and all the prophets, Jesus explained to the two men about the things referring to Himself [contained] in all these Scripture passages.

Mark 7:17-23

And when He had gone into the house away from the crowd His disciples asked Him about this parable.

Luke 8:9-10

Then Jesus' disciples asked Him what this parable meant.

Then Jesus said to the apostles, "These are the words that I told you while I was still with you, [when I said] that everything written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me needed to be fulfilled."

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Mark 4:34

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

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And when He was alone those people who gathered around Him, along with the twelve apostles, asked Him what the parables meant.

And when He had gone into the house away from the crowd His disciples asked Him about this parable.

He then left the crowds and went into the house. [While there] His disciples came to Him, and said, "Explain to us [the meaning of] the parable of the weeds in the field."

And Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us."

Then Jesus' disciples asked Him what this parable meant.

Then, beginning from [the writings of] Moses and all the prophets, Jesus explained to the two men about the things referring to Himself [contained] in all these Scripture passages.

General references

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds with parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable.

Jesus again spoke in parables to them [i.e., the Jewish leaders], saying,

And when He was alone those people who gathered around Him, along with the twelve apostles, asked Him what the parables meant.

And when He had gone into the house away from the crowd His disciples asked Him about this parable.