Matthew 13:35

Jesus' parabolic teaching fulfilled the prophecy of opening His mouth in parables to utter hidden things. His ministry unveiled truths kept secret since creation.

Cross-references · 22

• Ps 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
• Eph 3:9and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
• Rom 16:25–26Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
• 1 Pet 1:20–21He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
• 1 Cor 2:7No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
• John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
• Col 1:25–26I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
• Matt 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Eph 3:5which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
• Isa 42:9Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
• Rev 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
• 2 Tim 1:9–10He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
• Titus 1:2–3in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
• Matt 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
• Ps 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
• 1 Pet 1:11–12trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
• Rev 17:8The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
• Matt 21:4–5This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
• Luke 10:14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
• Acts 15:18that have been known for ages.’
• Heb 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

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