Prophecy and Parables
34 ver. 3;Mark 4:33,34;[John 16:25,29]All 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:13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet
Cited from Ps. 78:2"I will open my mouth in parables;
[ver. 11; Rom. 16:25,26;1 Cor. 2:7] I will utter what has been hidden ch. 25:34;Luke 11:50;[John 17:24;Eph. 1:4;1 Pet. 1:20]since the foundation of the world."