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 9:28

9:28 Then, ¹  after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

[9:28]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.