Matthew 13:35

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This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Isaiah 42:9

See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.

Amos 3:7

Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

Matthew 13:14

With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: ‘You will indeed listen, but never understand, and you will indeed look, but never perceive.

Matthew 13:3

And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 25:34

Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Matthew 5:2

Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:

Luke 10:14

But at the judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

John 17:24

Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Acts 15:18

known from long ago.’

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we speak God's wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.

Ephesians 3:5

In former generations this mystery was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:

Ephesians 3:9

and to make everyone see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things;

Hebrews 1:1

Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,

Revelation 13:8

and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.

Revelation 17:8

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.