Bible Cross References
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Mark 4:34
But He did not speak to them without a parable. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.
Mark 7:17
And when He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.
Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Matthew 13:10-17
10
And the disciples came and said to Him, Why do You speak to them in parables?
11
He answered and said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been given.
12
For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will 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 the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: Hearing you will hear and shall not at all understand, and seeing you will see and by no means perceive;
15
for the heart of this people has grown dull, their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, that they should not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their heart and convert, and I should heal them.
16
But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
17
for truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
Matthew 13:36-17
Luke 8:9-15
9
And His disciples asked Him, saying, What might this parable be?
10
And He said, To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
11
Now the parable is this: The seed is the Word of God.
12
Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the Word out of their hearts, that they should not believe and be saved.
13
And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the Word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of trial draw back away.
14
And the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
15
But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the Word with an honest and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with steadfastness.