Mark 4:34

Good News Translation (US Version)

He would not speak to them without using parables, but when he was alone with his disciples, he would explain everything to them.

Cross References

John 16:25

“I have used figures of speech to tell you these things. But the time will come when I will not use figures of speech, but will speak to you plainly about the Father.

Mark 4:10

When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables.

Luke 24:27

And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of all the prophets.

Matthew 13:34

Jesus used parables to tell all these things to the crowds; he would not say a thing to them without using a parable.

Mark 4:33

Jesus preached his message to the people, using many other parables like these; he told them as much as they could understand.

John 10:6

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he meant.

Acts 28:23

So they set a date with Paul, and a large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained to them his message about the Kingdom of God, and he tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets.