Matthew 13:10
Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”
Mark 4:10
As soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, together with the twelve [disciples], began asking Him about [the interpretation of] the parables.
Mark 4:33-34
With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;
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And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
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Why
Mark 4:10
As soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, together with the twelve [disciples], began asking Him about [the interpretation of] the parables.
General references
Mark 7:17
When Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples asked Him about the parable.