Matthew 13:34

Webster's Bible (1833)

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,

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  • Mark 4:33-34 : 33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. 34 Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained all things.
  • John 16:25 : 25 I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
  • Matt 13:13 : 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

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  • Mark 4:33-34
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    33With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

    34Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained all things.

  • Matt 13:35-37
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    35that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."

    36Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field."

    37He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

  • Matt 13:9-11
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    9He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

    10The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

    11He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

  • Matt 13:2-4
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    2Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

    3He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

    4As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

    14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, And will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, And will in no way perceive:

  • Mark 4:10-13
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    10When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

    11He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

    12that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"

    13He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

  • Mark 4:2-3
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    2He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

    3"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

  • Matt 22:1
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    1Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

  • Matt 13:33
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    33He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures{Literally, satas. 3 satas = about 0.5 bushel or 22 litres} of meal, until it was all leavened."

  • Matt 13:24
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    24He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

  • Matt 13:51-53
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    51Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

    52He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

    53It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

  • John 10:6
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    6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

  • Matt 23:1
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    1Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

  • Matt 13:18
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    18"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

  • Luke 8:9-10
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    9Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

    10He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

  • Matt 13:31
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    31He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

  • Luke 13:20
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    20Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

  • Luke 15:3
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    3He told them this parable.

  • Luke 13:18
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    18He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?

  • John 16:29
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    29His disciples said to him, "Behold, now you speak plainly, and speak no figures of speech.

  • Mark 13:30
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    30Most assuredly I say to you, this generation{The word translated "generation" (genea) could also be translated "race," "family," or "people."} will not pass away until all these things happen.

  • Mark 4:30
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    30He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

  • Luke 12:2
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    2But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

  • Matt 15:16
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    16So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?

  • Mark 12:1
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    1He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

  • Matt 15:10
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    10He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.

  • Luke 8:4
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    4When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

  • Matt 13:44
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    44"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

  • John 16:25
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    25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

  • Luke 18:34
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    34They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.

  • Luke 21:29
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    29He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.

  • Mark 7:17
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    17When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

  • Matt 26:1
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    1It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,

  • Matt 10:26
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    26Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.