34 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak anything to them (A)without a parable. 35 This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be [a]fulfilled:

(B)I will open My mouth in parables;
I will proclaim things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Lit fulfilled, saying

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.(A) 35 So was fulfilled(B) what was spoken through the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[a](C)

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2

33 And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to [a]understand it; 34 and He did not speak to them (A)without a parable; but He was (B)explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

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  1. Mark 4:33 Lit hear

33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.(A) 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(B) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

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