Mark 4:34

He did not tell them anything without using a parable, though he explained everything to his disciples in private.

John 16:25

"I have said these things to you in figurative language. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Matthew 13:36-43

Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and asked, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

Matthew 15:15-20

Then Peter told him, "Explain to us this parable."

Mark 4:10

When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.

Luke 24:27

Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all the passages of Scripture about himself.

Mark 7:17-23

When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.

Luke 8:9-10

Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.

Luke 24:44-46

Then he told them, "These are the 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 had to 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 and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.

When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.

Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and asked, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

Then Peter told him, "Explain to us this parable."

Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.

Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all the passages of Scripture about himself.

General references

"Son of Man, compose a riddle and relate a parable to Israel's house.

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Again Jesus spoke to them in parables. He said,

When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.

When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.