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34 The Use of Parables.[a] Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. Indeed he never spoke to them except in parables.

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  1. Matthew 13:34 Matthew stresses that Jesus speaks in parables to reveal God and his kingdom; in this way he shows that the Messiah fulfills the Scriptures. The “prophet” is, in this case, the psalmist (see Ps 78:2).