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Psalm 78:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

2 I will open my mouth in a parable,[a]
    unfold the puzzling events of the past.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 78:2 Parable: Hebrew mashal literally refers to some sort of relationship of comparison and can signify a story whose didactic potential becomes clear in the telling, as here in the retrospective examination of the history of Israel. Mt 13:35 cites the verse to explain Jesus’ use of parables.
Psalm 78:2 in all English translations
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Matthew 13:35
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

35 to fulfill what had been said through the prophet:[a]

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation [of the world].”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:35 The prophet: some textual witnesses read “Isaiah the prophet.” The quotation is actually from Ps 78:2; the first line corresponds to the LXX text of the psalm. The psalm’s title ascribes it to Asaph, the founder of one of the guilds of temple musicians. He is called “the prophet” (NAB “the seer”) in 2 Chr 29:30, but it is doubtful that Matthew averted to that; for him, any Old Testament text that could be seen as fulfilled in Jesus was prophetic.
Matthew 13:35 in all English translations
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