Mark 4:10

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And as soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, with the Twelve [apostles], began to ask Him about the parables.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks [as a companion] with wise men is wise, but he who associates with [self-confident] fools is [a fool himself and] shall smart for it. [Isa. 32:6.]

Matthew 13:3

And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:36

Then He left the throngs and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.

Mark 4:11

And He said to them, To you has been entrusted the mystery of the kingdom of God [that is, the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly]; but for those outside [of our circle] everything becomes a parable,

Mark 4:34

He did not tell them anything without a parable; but privately to His disciples (those who were peculiarly His own) He explained everything [fully].

Mark 4:9

And He said, He who has ears to hear, let him be hearing [and let him consider, and comprehend].

Mark 7:17

And when He had left the crowd and had gone into the house, His disciples began asking Him about the parable.