Matthew 13:34 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 13:34

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

BSB

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ASV

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

Yet He spoke not in parables to the disciples, but to the multitude; and even to this day the multitude hears in parables; and therefore it is said, And without a parable spake he not unto them. This passage is taken from the seventy-seventh Psalm. I have seen copies which read, 'by Esaias the Prophet,' instead of what we have adopted, and what the common text has by the Prophet. But because the text was not found in Isaiah, his name was, I suppose, therefore erased by such as had observed that.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There are eight parables recorded in this chapter, which are designed to represent the kingdom of heaven, the method of planting the gospel kingdom in the world, and of its growth and success. The great truths and laws of that kingdom are in other scriptures laid down plainly, and without parables: but some circumstances of its beginning and progress are here laid open in parables.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was from the foundation of the world wrapt up in types and shadows, which are now done away; and those secret things are now become such things revealed as belong to us and to our children, Deut. xxix. The manner of Christ's preaching; he preached by parables; wise sayings, but figurative, and which help to engage attention and a diligent search.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The parable of the wheat and tares, which occupies the chief part of these verses, is one of peculiar importance in the present day. It is eminently calculated to correct the extravagant expectations in which many Christians indulge as to the effect of missions abroad, and of preaching the Gospel at home. May we give it the attention which it deserves! In the first place, this parable teaches us that good and evil will always be found together in the professing church, until the end of the world.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ταῦτα	Tauta	These things	G3778 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
ἐλάλησεν	elalēsen	spoke	G2980 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
παραβολαῖς	parabolais	parables	G3850 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
ὄχλοις	ochlois	crowds	G3793 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
χωρὶς	chōris	without	G5565 →
παραβολῆς	parabolēs	a parable	G3850 →
οὐδὲν	ouden	no [thing]	G3762 →
ἐλάλει	elalei	He was speaking	G2980 →
αὐτοῖς,	autois	to them,	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 13:13
This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
leads to
- Ezekiel 12:2
  “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
- Jeremiah 5:21
  “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
- Isaiah 42:18–20
  Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
- 2 Corinthians 4:3–4
  And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
- Deuteronomy 29:3–4
  You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
Through
John 16:25
I 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.
leads to
- John 16:12
  I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- Matthew 13:34–35
  Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
- Mark 4:13
  Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew