Matthew 13:35

New Century Version

This is as the prophet said: “I will speak using stories; I will tell things that have been secret since the world was made.”

Cross References

Psalm 78:2

I will speak using stories; I will tell secret things from long ago.

Ephesians 3:9

And God gave me the work of telling all people about the plan for his secret, which has been hidden in him since the beginning of time. He is the One who created everything.

1 Corinthians 2:7

I speak God’s secret wisdom, which he has kept hidden. Before the world began, God planned this wisdom for our glory.

John 17:24

“Father, I want these people that you gave me to be with me where I am. I want them to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the world was made.

Amos 3:7

Before the Lord God does anything, he tells his plans to his servants the prophets.

Matthew 25:34

“Then the King will say to the people on his right, ‘Come, my Father has given you his blessing. Receive the kingdom God has prepared for you since the world was made.

Ephesians 3:5

People who lived in other times were not told that secret. But now, through the Spirit, God has shown that secret to his holy apostles and prophets.

Isaiah 42:9

The things I said would happen have happened, and now I tell you about new things. Before those things happen, I tell you about them.”

Revelation 13:8

And all who live on earth will worship the beast—all the people since the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the One who was killed.

Matthew 13:14

So they show that the things Isaiah said about them are true: ‘You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn.

Psalm 49:4

I will pay attention to a wise saying; I will explain my riddle on the harp.

Revelation 17:8

The beast you saw was once alive but is not alive now. But soon it will come up out of the bottomless pit and go away to be destroyed. There are people who live on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life since the beginning of the world. They will be amazed when they see the beast, because he was once alive, is not alive now, but will come again.

Luke 10:14

But on the Judgment Day it will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

Acts 15:18

And these things have been known for a long time.’

Hebrews 1:1

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets many times and in many different ways.

Matthew 5:2

and he began to teach them, saying:

Matthew 13:3

Then Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He said: “A farmer went out to plant his seed.