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 a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
• Eph 3:9And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
• Rom 16:25–26Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
• 1 Pet 1:20–21Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• 1 Cor 2:7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
• John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
• Col 1:25–26Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
• Matt 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Eph 3:5Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
• Isa 42:9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
• Rev 13:8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• 2 Tim 1:9–10Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
• Titus 1:2–3In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
• Matt 13:14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
• Ps 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
• 1 Pet 1:11–12Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
• Rev 17:8The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
• Matt 21:4–5All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
• Luke 10:14But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
• Acts 15:18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
• Heb 1:1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

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