Markus 4:10

The Purpose of Parables

4:10 When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Markus 4:34

4:34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.

Markus 7:17-18

7:17 Now ¹  when Jesus ²  had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable. 7:18 He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

[7:17]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[7:17]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.