Matthew 13:35

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Summary

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.

I will open

Psalm 78:2

I will utter

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Bible References

I will open

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

I will utter

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.

Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.