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 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Mark 4:10
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.