Mark 4:34

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.

Cross References

Matthew 13:34

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing.

Mark 4:10

When he was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Mark 4:33

With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it;

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.

John 10:6

Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

John 16:25

“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but will tell you plainly of the Father.

Acts 28:23

After they had set a day to meet with him, they came to him at his lodgings in great numbers. From morning until evening he explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.