Mark 4:34

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

When He was by Himself, those who stayed about Him with the Twelve began to ask Him about the stories.

Now when He had left the crowd and gone home, His disciples were asking Him the meaning of this story.

Then He left the crowds and went into His house. And His disciples came up to Him and said, "Explain to us the story of the wild wheat in the field."

Then Peter said to Him, "Explain the maxim for us."

His disciples were asking Him what this story meant.

Then He began with Moses and went through all the prophets and explained to them all the passages in the Scriptures about Himself.

Jesus told the crowds all this in stories, and without a story He told them nothing,

Then Jesus again spoke to them in stories, and said:

When He was by Himself, those who stayed about Him with the Twelve began to ask Him about the stories.

Now when He had left the crowd and gone home, His disciples were asking Him the meaning of this story.