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 13:34-35
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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:
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2
Mark 4:34
New International Version
34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(A) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Matthew 13:11-13
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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)
Psalm 49:4
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Proverbs 1:6
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles
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