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  • Matthew 13:35
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 35 in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet who said: “I will open my mouth with illustrations; I will proclaim things hidden since the founding.”*+

  • Matthew 13:35
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 35 ὅπως so that πληρωθῇ might be fulfilled τὸ the (thing) ῥηθὲν spoken διὰ through τοῦ the προφήτου prophet λέγοντος saying ᾿Ανοίξω I shall open ἐν in παραβολαῖς parables τὸ the στόμα mouth μου, of me, ἐρεύξομαι I shall utter κεκρυμμένα (things) having been hidden ἀπὸ from καταβολῆς. founding.

  • Matthew 13:35
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 35 that there might be fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet who said: “I will open my mouth with illustrations, I will publish things hidden since the founding.”+

  • Matthew 13:35
    The Bible in Living English
    • 35 so that what was said through the prophet in the words “I will open my mouth in parables, I will emit things hidden since the foundation of the world” should be fulfilled.

  • Matthew 13:35
    American Standard Version
    • 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

  • Matthew 13:35
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying—I will open in parables my mouth, I will bring up things hidden from the foundation!

  • Matthew 13:35
    King James Version
    • 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.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 13:35 cf 119; it-1 1175; w11 8/15 11; w02 9/1 14

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 13:35 w77 92; w75 589; ad 813; w62 524; w52 246

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 13:35

      “My Follower,” p. 119

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 1175

      The Watchtower,

      8/15/2011, p. 11

      9/1/2002, pp. 13-14

  • “Are You the Coming One?”
    The Good News According to Jesus—Video Reference Guide
    • Jesus’ use of illustrations fulfills prophecy (gnj 6 44:45-45:13)

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 13:35

      to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: This is a quote from Ps 78:2, where the psalmist (here referred to as “the prophet”) used illustrative language to recount much of the history of God’s dealings with the nation of Israel. Similarly, Jesus freely used figurative language in the many illustrations he used to teach his disciples and the crowds that followed him.​—See study note on Mt 1:22.

      since the founding: Or possibly, “since the founding of the world.” This longer reading is found in some ancient manuscripts that add the Greek word for “world.” (Compare study note on Mt 25:34.) Other ancient manuscripts have the shorter wording used here in the main text.

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