Matthew 13:35

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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 since the foundation.”

Cross References

Psalm 78:2

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

Ephesians 3:9

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

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we speak God’s wisdom, a hidden mystery, which God decreed before the ages for our glory

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.

Amos 3:7

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

Matthew 25:34

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

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:

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.

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.

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.

Psalm 49:4

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

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.

Luke 10:14

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

Acts 15:18

known from long ago.’

Hebrews 1:1

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

Matthew 5:2

And he began to speak and taught them, saying:

Matthew 13:3

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