2 I will open my mouth in a proverb.

I will propound riddles of long ago.+

34 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds by illustrations. Indeed, without an illustration he would not speak to them,+ 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.”*+

34 Indeed, without an illustration he would not speak to them, but he would explain all things privately to his disciples.+