Mat 13:34-35 | ISV | STEP | Why Jesus Used Parables Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Matthew 13:34-35

34 Why Jesus Used Parables Mark 4:33-34Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks using} a parable.Mark 4:33-34 35 This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet ^{▼▼Other mss. read Isaiah the prophet} when he said,Ps 78:2; Rom 16:25-26; 1Cor 2:7; Eph 3:9; Col 1:26

“I will open my mouth to speak ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks to speak} in parables.

I will declare what has been hidden

from the foundation of the world.” ^{▼▼Ps 78:2}