2 jI will open my mouth kin a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
4 I will incline my ear to ja proverb;
I will solve my kriddle to the music of the lyre.
6 to understand a proverb and a saying,
11 And he answered them, x“To you it has been given to know ythe secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 zFor to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, aeven what he has will be taken away. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because bseeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, cnor do they understand.
Prophecy and Parables
34 eAll these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:1
f“I will open my mouth in parables;
gI will utter what has been hidden hsince the foundation of the world.”
34 He did not speak to them kwithout a parable, but lprivately to his own disciples he mexplained everything.
