Parables Fulfill Prophecy

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and he was saying nothing to them without a parable, 35 in order that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, who said,

“I will open my mouth in parables;
    I will proclaim what has been hidden since the creation.”[a][b]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:35 A quotation from Ps 78:2
  2. Matthew 13:35 Some manuscripts have “since the creation of the world”

Prophecy and Parables

34 (A)All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[a]

(B)“I will open my mouth in parables;
    (C)I will utter what has been hidden (D)since the foundation of the world.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet