Cross reference
Matthew 13:10
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Mark 4:33-34
33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;
34 and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.
Mark 4:10
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables.