Mark 7:17

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.