Matthew 13 · Verse 34

Matthew 13:34

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Matthew 13:34, King James Version

Matthew 13:34 in other translations

BSBJesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
WEBJesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
ASVAll these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
YLTAll these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,
DARBYAll these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,
BBEAll these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
WebsterAll these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable he spoke not to them:

What does Matthew 13:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 13:30-39

30-39. Let both grow together--that is, in the visible Church. until the harvest--till the one have ripened for full salvation, the other for destruction. (See on Mt 13:39). and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers--(See on Mt 13:39). Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them--"in the fire" (Mt 13:40). but gather the wheat into my barn--Christ, as the Judge, will separate…

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Barnes' Notes
Verses 34,35. That it might be fulfilled. This is taken from Ps 78:2,3. The sense, and the very words of the Psalm, are given. Christ taught as did that prophet--Asaph--in parables. The words of Asaph described the manner in which Christ taught, and in this sense it could be said that they were fulfilled. Mt 1:22,23.

(x) "in parables" Mk 4:33

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 All these things spoke Jesus - in parables - Christ descends from Divine mysteries to parables, in order to excite us to raise our minds, from and through natural things, to the great God, and the operations of his grace and Spirit. Divine things cannot be taught to man but through the medium of earthly things. If God should speak to us in that language which is peculiar to heaven, clothing those ideas which angelic minds form, how little should we comprehend of the things thus described! How great is our privilege in being thus taught! Heavenly things, in the parables of Christ, assume to themselves a body, and thus render themselves palpable.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 13:31-35

The scope of the parable of the seed sown, is to show that the beginnings of the gospel would be small, but its latter end would greatly increase; in this way the work of grace in the heart, the kingdom of God within us, would be carried on. In the soul where grace truly is, it will grow really; though perhaps at first not to be discerned, it will at last come to great strength and usefulness. The preaching of the…

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Matthew 13:34 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΤαῦταTautaThese thingsG3778
πάνταpantaallG3956
ἐλάλησενelalēsenspokeG2980
ὁho<the>G3588
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424
ἐνeninG1722
παραβολαῖςparabolaisparablesG3850
τοῖςtoisto theG3588
ὄχλοιςochloiscrowdsG3793
καὶkaiandG2532
χωρὶςchōriswithoutG5565
παραβολῆςparabolēsa parableG3850
οὐδὲνoudenno [thing]G3762
ἐλάλειelaleiHe was speakingG2980
αὐτοῖς,autoisto them,G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 13:34

  • Mark 4:33-34

    And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

  • John 16:25

    These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

  • Matthew 13:13

    Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13; Mr 4:33,34

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 13:33

    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.

  • Matthew 13:34

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

  • Matthew 13:35

    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.

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Matthew 13:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Todo esto habló Jesús por parábolas á las gentes, y sin parábolas no les hablaba:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Jésus dit toutes ces choses aux foules en paraboles, et sans parabole il ne leur disait rien;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dies alles redete Jesus in Gleichnissen zu den Volksmengen, und ohne Gleichnis redete er nicht zu ihnen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæc omnia locutus est Jesus in parabolis ad turbas: et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis: