Mark 7:17

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.

Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from Solomon which he didn’t tell her.

to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.

When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me something like the appearance of a man.

I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They told him, “Yes, Lord.”

The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”

Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,

He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him.

The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.

Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.

Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.

In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.

He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;

His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.

The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”