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 without a parable He did not speak to them. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.
Mark 7:17
When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.
Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with wise [men] will be wise, But the companion of fools will 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 understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive;
15
For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with [their] eyes and hear with [their] ears, Lest they should understand with [their] hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.'
16
"But blessed [are] your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
17
"for assuredly, 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
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 [it is given] 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, lest they should believe and be saved.
13
"But 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 temptation fall away.
14
"Now 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 a noble and good heart, keep [it] and bear fruit with patience.