I will open my mouth in a (A)parable;
I will utter [a]dark sayings of old,

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  1. Psalm 78:2 obscure sayings or riddles

I will open my mouth with a parable;(A)
    I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

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Prophecy and the Parables

34 (A)All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them, 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

(B)“I will open My mouth in parables;
(C)I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

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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:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2