Matthew 13:34

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; he did not speak to them without using a parable.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

In Context

33He spoke to them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour until it had all been leavened.”

35This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Read all of Matthew 13

Cross References

Matthew 13:13That is why I speak to them in parables, because ‘they see but do not perceive, and they hear but do not listen or understand.’

John 16:25“I have told you these things in figures of speech, but an hour is coming when I will no longer use figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:25-44

Parable of the Tares, the Mustard-Seed, the Leaven, &c.. 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 13:34