Matthew 13:34
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All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them.

Matthew 13:13 Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Mark 4:33,34 And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear. . . .

Context
I will Open My Mouth in Parables
33Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened. 34All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them. 35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:3
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

Mark 4:34
And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.

John 10:6
This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke.

John 16:25
These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father.

John 16:29
His disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speakest plainly and speakest no proverb.

Lexicon
Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

spoke
ἐλάλησεν (elalēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

all
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

these things
Ταῦτα (Tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

to the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

crowds
ὄχλοις (ochlois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

parables.
παραβολαῖς (parabolais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.

He did not tell them anything
ἐλάλει (elalei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

without using
χωρὶς (chōris)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 5565: Apart from, separately from; without. Adverb from chora; at a space, i.e. Separately or apart from.

a parable.
παραβολῆς (parabolēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.


Additional Translations
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and He was not speaking to them without a parable,

All these things spoke Jesus to the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke he not to them:

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable he spoke not to them:

All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them,

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,
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