34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

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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)

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35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

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35 So was fulfilled(A) 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](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2