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

Using Parables Fulfills Prophecy

34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and he did not tell them anything without a parable,(A) 35 so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open my mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.[a][b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:35 Some mss omit of the world
  2. 13:35 Ps 78:2