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 riddles from of old,

I will utter

I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.

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

But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

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

Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my glad tidings and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, as to which silence has been kept in the times of the ages,

But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory:

which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the power of the Spirit,

of which I became minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given me towards you to complete the word of God,

who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time,

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,

God having spoken in many parts and in many ways formerly to the fathers in the prophets,

searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed out, testifying before of the sufferings which belonged to Christ, and the glories after these.

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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,

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

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

known from eternity.