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Matthew 13:34 KJV
Matthew · chapter 13 · verse 34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:Matthew 13:34 · King James Version
Matthew 13:34 in context
32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
35That 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.
36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
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Key words (Strong's)
- multitudeochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- parablesparabolēa placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle…G3850 →
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
- spakelaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
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In these verses, we have, I. Another reason given why Christ preached by parables, Mat 13:34, Mat 13:35. All these things he spoke in parables, because the time was not yet come for the more clear and plain discoveries of the mysteries of the kingdom.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-43