Mark 4:10
Good News Translation
When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables.

New Revised Standard Version
When he was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Contemporary English Version
When Jesus was alone with the twelve apostles and some others, they asked him about these stories.

New American Bible
And when he was alone, those present along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.

Mark 4:34 And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.

Mark 7:17 And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable.

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Matthew 13:10 And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?

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Matthew 13:36 Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to us the parable of the cockle of the field.

Luke 8:9 And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

*etc:

Context
The Purpose of Jesus' Parables
9And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable. 11And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all things are done in parables:…
Cross References
Matthew 13:3
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

Mark 4:9
And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:11
And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all things are done in parables:

Luke 8:9
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

Mark 4:9
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