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Allπάνταthese thingsΤαῦταJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςspokeἐλάλησενto the crowdsτοῖς ὄχλοιςinἐνparables,παραβολαῖςandκαὶwithoutχωρὶςa parableπαραβολῆςhe was tellingἐλάλειthemαὐτοῖςnothing,οὐδὲν
Matthew 13:34
Study it in the app“All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he was telling them nothing,”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:34, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- spokeἐλάλησενelalēsen
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “elalēsen” appears- to the crowdsὄχλοιςochlois
crowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlois” appears- parablesπαραβολαῖςparabolais
parable
A story from daily life that teaches about God.
Where else “parabolais” appears- withoutχωρὶςchōris
without, apart from
Without, apart from.
Where else “chōris” appears
The context
33He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
34 · This verse (above)
35so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will pour out things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
To study Matthew 13 in a group
1. What it says
On which four kinds of ground did the sower's seed fall (vv. 4–8)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus teach the crowds in parables (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
In the sower's parable, worry can choke the word (v. 22). What chokes it most in your day?