Matthew 13:11-13
He answered and said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things spake Jesus to the multitude in parables, and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not to them: and in private he expounded all things to his disciples.
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Summary
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
I will
Dark sayings
General references
Bible References
I will
Matthew 13:13
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Dark sayings
Matthew 13:11
He answered and said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.
Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not to them: and in private he expounded all things to his disciples.
General references
Matthew 5:2
And he opened his mouth and taught them,
Mark 4:22
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested, neither was any thing kept secret, but that it might come abroad.