I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

Matthew 13:34

In 9 translations

BSB: Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
KJV: All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
WEB: Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
ASV: All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
LSV: All these things Jesus spoke in allegories to the multitudes, and without an allegory He was not speaking to them,
YLT: All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,
DBY: All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,
DRC: All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them.
GNV: All these thinges spake Iesus vnto the multitude in parables, and without parables spake he not to them,

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὐδὲν (“no [thing]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὐκ (“not”).

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SBLGNT: οὐδὲν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐδὲν; Robinson–Pierpont read οὐκ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Ταῦτα πάντα ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν παραβολαῖς τοῖς ὄχλοις, καὶ χωρὶς παραβολῆς οὐδὲν ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς·
RP2018: Ταῦτα πάντα ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν παραβολαῖς τοῖς ὄχλοις, καὶ χωρὶς παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς·
TR-Boyd: Ταῦτα πάντα ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν παραβολαῖς τοῖς ὄχλοις, καὶ χωρὶς παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς·
SCR1894: ταυτα παντα ελαλησεν ο ιησους εν παραβολαις τοις οχλοις και χωρις παραβολης ουκ ελαλει αυτοις

Who and where

👤 Jesus Christ◆ Seaside Parables and Miracle

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Sermon Fishing, the art of Seed Church Nothing King, Christ as Providence Prophecies Respecting Christ Mark, the Gospel According to Number

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Cross-references most cited first

Mark 4:33–34With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Matthew 13:13This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

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