Mark 4:13

4:13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then ¹  how will you understand any parable?

Mark 7:17

7:17 Now ²  when Jesus ³  had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Mark 12:12

12:12 Now ⁴  they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So ⁵  they left him and went away. ⁶ 

Mark 13:28

The Parable of the Fig Tree

13:28 “Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

[4:13]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[7:17]  ² tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[7:17]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:12]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to introduce a somewhat parenthetical remark by the author.

[12:12]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

[12:12]  ⁵ sn The point of the parable in Mark 12:1-12 is that the leaders of the nation have been rejected by God and the vineyard (v. 9, referring to the nation and its privileged status) will be taken from them and given to others (an allusion to the Gentiles).