Psalm 78:2
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2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,(A)
Matthew 13:34-35
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The Use of Parables
34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing.(A) 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 since the foundation.”[b](B)
Mark 4:34
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34 he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.(A)
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Matthew 13:11-13
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11 He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets[a] of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.(A) 12 For to those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance, but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.(B) 13 The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’(C)
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- 13.11 Or mysteries
Psalm 49:4
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4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp.(A)
Proverbs 1:6
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6 to understand a proverb and a figure,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
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