Mark 4:34

he never spoke to them except by way of parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

John 16:25

I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know plainly about the Father.

Matthew 13:36-43

Then he left the crowds and went indoors. And his disciples came up to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

Matthew 15:15-20

Peter answered, "Explain this parable to us at anyrate."

Mark 4:10

When he was by himself his adherents and the twelve asked him about the parable,

Luke 24:27

Then he began with Moses and all the prophets and interpreted to them the passages referring to himself throughout the scriptures.

Mark 7:17-23

Now when he went indoors away from the crowd, his disciples asked him the meaning of this parabolic saying.

Luke 8:9-10

The disciples questioned him about the meaning of the parable;

Luke 24:44-46

Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the 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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When he was by himself his adherents and the twelve asked him about the parable,

Now when he went indoors away from the crowd, his disciples asked him the meaning of this parabolic saying.

Then he left the crowds and went indoors. And his disciples came up to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

Peter answered, "Explain this parable to us at anyrate."

The disciples questioned him about the meaning of the parable;

Then he began with Moses and all the prophets and interpreted to them the passages referring to himself throughout the scriptures.

General references

Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable ??35 to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

Then Jesus again addressed them in parables.

When he was by himself his adherents and the twelve asked him about the parable,

Now when he went indoors away from the crowd, his disciples asked him the meaning of this parabolic saying.