Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
In Context
9And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Cross References
Matthew 13:10And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
Mark 4:34And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.
Luke 8:9And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21
The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →