Matthew 13:34

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

Matthew 13:34 in Other Translations

KJV
34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
ESV
34 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
NLT
34 Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these when speaking to the crowds. In fact, he never spoke to them without using such parables.
MSG
34 All Jesus did that day was tell stories - a long storytelling afternoon.
CSB
34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and He would not speak anything to them without a parable,

Matthew 13:34 In-Context

32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty poundsof flour until it worked all through the dough.”
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”
36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. Mark 4:33; S John 16:25
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