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Psalm 49:4
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Psalm 49:4
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4 I listen carefully to many proverbs
and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.
Psalm 49:4
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Psalm 49:4
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Psalm 78:2
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Psalm 78:2
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2 for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
Psalm 78:2
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Psalm 78:2
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2 I will open my mouth with a parable;(A)
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
Matthew 13:35
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Matthew 13:35
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35 This fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet:
“I will speak to you in parables.
I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world.[a]”
Matthew 13:35
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Matthew 13:35
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35 So was fulfilled(A) what was spoken through the prophet:
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- Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2
Proverbs 1:6
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Proverbs 1:6
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6 by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
Proverbs 1:6
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Proverbs 1:6
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- Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles
Numbers 23:7
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Numbers 23:7
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7 This was the message Balaam delivered:
“Balak summoned me to come from Aram;
the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me!
Come and announce Israel’s doom.’
Numbers 12:8
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Numbers 12:8
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8 I speak to him face to face,
clearly, and not in riddles!
He sees the Lord as he is.
So why were you not afraid
to criticize my servant Moses?”
Numbers 12:8
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Numbers 12:8
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2 Corinthians 3:12
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2 Corinthians 3:12
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12 Since this new way gives us such confidence, we can be very bold.
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2 Corinthians 3:12
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2 Corinthians 3:12
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Luke 12:3
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Luke 12:3
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3 Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!
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Luke 12:3
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Luke 12:3
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3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
Matthew 13:11-15
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Matthew 13:11-15
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11 He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets[a] of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not. 12 To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them. 13 That is why I use these parables,
For they look, but they don’t really see.
They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.
14 This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that says,
‘When you hear what I say,
you will not understand.
When you see what I do,
you will not comprehend.
15 For the hearts of these people are hardened,
and their ears cannot hear,
and they have closed their eyes—
so their eyes cannot see,
and their ears cannot hear,
and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
and let me heal them.’[b]
Footnotes
- 13:11 Greek the mysteries.
- 13:14-15 Isa 6:9-10 (Greek version).
Matthew 13:11-15
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Matthew 13:11-15
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11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven(A) has been given to you,(B) but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.(C) 13 This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.(D)
14 In them is fulfilled(E) the prophecy of Isaiah:
“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](F)
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
Daniel 8:23
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Daniel 8:23
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23 “At the end of their rule, when their sin is at its height, a fierce king, a master of intrigue, will rise to power.
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Daniel 8:23
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Daniel 8:23
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23 “In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise.
Ezekiel 20:49
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Ezekiel 20:49
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49 Then I said, “O Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me, ‘He only talks in riddles!’”
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Ezekiel 20:49
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Ezekiel 20:49
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- Ezekiel 20:49 In Hebrew texts 20:45-49 is numbered 21:1-5.
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