Matthew 13:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

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  • Mark 4:33-34 : 33 And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it: 34 And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
  • John 16:25 : 25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.
  • Matt 13:13 : 13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

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    33 And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

    34 And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

  • Matt 13:35-37
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    35 That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

    36 Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

    37 And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

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    9 He who has ears, let him give ear.

    10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

    11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

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    2 And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

    3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

    4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

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    13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

    14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

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    10 And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

    11 And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

    12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

    13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

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    2 And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

    3 A man went out to put seed in the earth:

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    1 And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

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    33 Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

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    24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

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    51 Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

    52 And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

    53 And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

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    6 In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

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    1 Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:

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    18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

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    9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

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    20 And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

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    3 And he made a story for them, saying,

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    18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

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    29 His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language.

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    30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

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    30 And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

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    2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

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    25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.

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    26 Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.