King James Version
Matthew 13:34 in the King James Version says “All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:”
Matthew 13:34 · KJV
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.
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. measures: the word in the Greek is a measure containing about a peck and a half, wanting a little more than a pint
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“a parable”
G3850a similitude ("parable"), i.e., (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
“unto the multitude”
G3793a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“a parable”
G3850a similitude ("parable"), i.e., (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
“unto them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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