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Selected Verse: Matthew 13:35 - King James

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Mt 13:35 King James That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying-- (Psa 78:2, nearly as in the Septuagint).

I will open my mouth in parables, &c.--Though the Psalm seems to contain only a summary of Israelitish history, the Psalmist himself calls it "a parable," and "dark sayings from of old"--as containing, underneath the history, truths for all time, not fully brought to light till the Gospel day.
 
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2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: