Mark 4:34

And without a parable spake he not to them: and apart, he solved all to his disciples.

John 16:25

These have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the hour comes, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but with freedom of speech will I announce to you of the Father.

Matthew 13:36-43

Then Jesus having dismissed the crowds, went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.

Matthew 15:15-20

And Peter, having answered, said to him, Explain to us this parable.

Mark 4:10

And when he was alone, they about him with the twelve asked him of the parable.

Luke 24:27

And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained clearly to them in all the writings concerning himself.

Mark 7:17-23

And when he came into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him of the parable.

Luke 8:9-10

And his disciples asked him, saying, What may this parable be?

Luke 24:44-46

And he said to them, These the words which I spake to you, being yet with you, for all things must be completed, written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.

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Summary

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

Bible References

When

Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, they about him with the twelve asked him of the parable.
Mark 7:17
And when he came into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him of the parable.
Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus having dismissed the crowds, went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.
Matthew 15:15
And Peter, having answered, said to him, Explain to us this parable.
Luke 8:9
And his disciples asked him, saying, What may this parable be?
Luke 24:27
And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained clearly to them in all the writings concerning himself.

General references

Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, propose an enigma and use a parable to the house of Israel;
Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus in parables to the crowds; and without a parable spake he not to them.
Matthew 22:1
And Jesus, having answered, spake to them in parables, saying,
Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, they about him with the twelve asked him of the parable.
Mark 7:17
And when he came into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him of the parable.