Mark 4:34
He said nothing to them except in figures, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.
John 16:25
"I have said all this to you in figurative language, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Matthew 13:36-43
Then he left the crowds and went into his house. And his disciples came up to him and said, "Explain to us the figure of the weeds in the field."
Matthew 15:15-20
Peter said to him, "Explain the figure for us."
Mark 4:10
When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used.
Luke 24:27
And he began with Moses and all the prophets and explained to them the passages all through the Scriptures that referred to himself.
Mark 7:17-23
When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples asked him what he meant by this figure.
Luke 8:9-10
His disciples asked him what this figure meant.
Luke 24:44-46
Then he said to them, "This is what I told you when I was still with you??hat everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must come true."