Bible Cross References
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Mark 4:34
And apart from a parable He did not speak to them, however, privately to His disciples, he would explain all things.
Mark 7:17
When He had entered a house [away] from the crowd, His disciples were asking Him about the parable.
Proverbs 13:20
If you walk with wise men you shall be wise, but he that walks with fools shall be known.
Matthew 13:10-17
10
And the disciples approached and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
11
He answered and said to them, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
12
For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
13
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: 'Hearing you shall hear and by no means understand, and seeing you shall see and by no means perceive.
15
For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn back, that I should heal them.'
16
"But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
17
For assuredly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous [men] desired to see what you see, and they did not see, and to hear what you hear, and they did not hear."
Matthew 13:36-17
Luke 8:9-15
9
Then His disciples asked Him, saying, "What does this parable mean?"
10
And He said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest [they are] in parables, that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
11
"Now this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.
12
And those beside the road are they that hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, lest they believe and be saved.
13
But those on the rock are they that, whenever they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of testing fall away.
14
And that which fell among thorns, these are those, who when they heard, go out and are choked with anxieties, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
15
But that which fell on the good ground, these are such who when they heard the word, with a noble and good heart, hold on to it and bear fruit with endurance.