Mark 4:10
When Jesus was alone, those who were close to him and with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
9Then he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Cross References
Matthew 13:10The disciples came and said to Jesus, “Why do you talk to the crowd in parables?”
Mark 4:34and he did not speak to them without a parable. But when he was alone, he explained everything to his own disciples.
Luke 8:9His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
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 →