Matthew 13:34
King James Version (KJV)
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
In context
32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
35 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.
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Matthew 13:34 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
- WEB World English Bible
- Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
- ASV American Standard Version
- All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,
- DBY Darby Translation
- All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,
- WBS Webster Bible
- All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable he spoke not to them: