Matthew 13:34-35
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Use of Parables
34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing. 35 This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:[a]
“I will open my mouth to speak in parables;
I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”[b]
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:35 Other ancient authorities read the prophet Isaiah
- Matthew 13:35 Other ancient authorities lack of the world
Matthew 13:34-35
Authorized (King James) Version
34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
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