Bible verse
He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
Mark 4:34 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 4.
30 Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
32 But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”
33 With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
34 He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
35 When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
36 After they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with Him.
37 Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.
38 But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
KJV
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
ASV
and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.
ERV
and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.
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