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Matthew 13:34
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32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a atree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”  

The Parable of the Leaven

33 aAnother parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three1 measures of meal till bit was all leavened.”  

Prophecy and the Parables

34 aAll these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,  
35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
a“I will open My mouth in parables;
bI will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”  

The Parable of the Tares Explained

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”
37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
Verse Comparison: Matthew 13:34

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

Amplified® Bible
These things all taken together Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, without a parable He said nothing to them.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus used stories when he spoke to the people. In fact, he did not tell them anything without using stories.

Darby English Version
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

Good News Bible
Jesus used parables to tell all these things to the crowds; he would not say a thing to them without using a parable.

International Standard Version
Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

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

New American Standard Bible
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable.

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

New King James Version
All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable.

Young's Literal Translation
All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,


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