Mark 4:34

And without similitude spake he nothing unto them. But when they were apart, he expounded all things to his disciples.

John 16:25

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs. The time will come when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs: but I shall show you plainly from my father.

Matthew 13:36-43

Then sent Jesus the people away, and came to house. And his disciples came unto him, saying, "Declare unto us the similitude of the tares in the field."

Matthew 15:15-20

Then answered Peter and said to him, "Declare unto us this parable."

Mark 4:10

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked him of the similitude.

Luke 24:27

And he began at Moses, and at all the prophets, and interpreted unto them, in all scriptures which were written of him.

Mark 7:17-23

And when he came into a house away from the people, his disciples asked him of the similitude,

Luke 8:9-10

And his disciples asked him, saying, "What manner similitude is this?"

Luke 24:44-46

And he said unto them, "These are the words, which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you: that all must be fulfilled which were written of me in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms."

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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 that were about him with the twelve asked him of the similitude.
Mark 7:17
And when he came into a house away from the people, his disciples asked him of the similitude,
Matthew 13:36
Then sent Jesus the people away, and came to house. And his disciples came unto him, saying, "Declare unto us the similitude of the tares in the field."
Matthew 15:15
Then answered Peter and said to him, "Declare unto us this parable."
Luke 8:9
And his disciples asked him, saying, "What manner similitude is this?"
Luke 24:27
And he began at Moses, and at all the prophets, and interpreted unto them, in all scriptures which were written of him.

General references

Ezekiel 17:2
"Thou son of man, put forth a dark speaking and a parable unto the house of Israel,
Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the people by similitudes, and with out similitudes spake he nothing to them,
Matthew 22:1
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again in similitudes, saying.
Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked him of the similitude.
Mark 7:17
And when he came into a house away from the people, his disciples asked him of the similitude,