Prophecy and Parables
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e All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
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This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:
f "I will open my mouth in parables;
g I will utter what has been hidden h since the foundation of the world."
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Cross References
Matthew 13:3
And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow.
Mark 4:33 - 34
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
John 16:25
I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:29
His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!
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Cross References
Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old.
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Cross References
Matthew 13:11
And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Romans 16:25 - 26
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
1 Corinthians 2:7
But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
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Cross References
Matthew 25:34
Then 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.
Luke 11:50
So that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation.
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
1 Peter 1:20
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
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Cross References
Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old.
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