Mark 4:33-34

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

³³ _h With many such parables he spoke _i the word to them, _j as they were able to hear it. ³⁴ He did not speak to them _k without a parable, but _l privately to his own disciples he _m explained everything.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 13:34
   All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
   
2. Cross References
   Mark 4:14
   The sower sows the word.
   
3. Cross References
   John 16:12
   I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
   1 Corinthians 3:2
   I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready.
   Hebrews 5:12
   For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food.
   
4. Cross References
   John 16:25
   I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.
   
5. Cross References
   Mark 4:10
   And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
   Mark 13:3
   And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately.
   
6. Cross References
   2 Peter 1:20
   Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.