Mark 4:10

The Purpose of Parables

4:10 When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Mark 4:34

4:34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.

Matthew 13:10

13:10 Then ¹  the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

Matthew 13:36

Explanation for the Disciples

13:36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Matthew 15:15

15:15 But Peter ²  said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹ tn Grk “And answering, Peter said to him.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.