Mark 4:34

And he did not speak to them without a parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

John 16:25

"I have said these [things] to you in figurative sayings. An hour is coming when I will speak to you in figurative sayings no longer, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

Matthew 13:36-43

Then he left the crowds [and] came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, "Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us."

Matthew 15:15-20

But Peter answered [and] said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

Mark 4:10

And when he was alone, those around him together with the twelve began asking him about the parables.

Luke 24:27

And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.

Mark 7:17-23

And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Luke 8:9-10

And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must 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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General references

Mark 7:17

Bible References

When

And when he was alone, those around him together with the twelve began asking him about the parables.

And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Then he left the crowds [and] came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, "Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us."

But Peter answered [and] said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.

General references

"Son of man, tell a riddle and quote a proverb to the house of Israel,

Jesus spoke all these [things] to the crowds in parables, and he was saying nothing to them without a parable,

And continuing, Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

And when he was alone, those around him together with the twelve began asking him about the parables.

And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.