Matthew 15:15
Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
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Mark 7:17
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Matthew 13:36
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.”
Mark 4:34
Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Matthew 13:10
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Mark 4:10
When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
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Matthew 15:16
So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
Matthew 15:17
Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
Matthew 15:18
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
Matthew 15:11
That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
Matthew 15:12
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
Mark 7:18
He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
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