我要开口说比喻；我要说出古时的谜语，

我要开口说比喻，我要解开古时的谜语，

我要开口说比喻，我要解开古时的谜语，

我要开口讲比喻，道出古时的奥秘，

我要开口用比喻，把古时隐秘的事说出来，

我要开口说比喻，吐露古时的谜题，

我要開口說比喻；我要說出古時的謎語，

我要開口說比喻，我要解開古時的謎語，

我要開口說比喻，我要解開古時的謎語，

我要開口講比喻，道出古時的奧秘，

我要開口用比喻，把古時隱祕的事說出來，

我要開口說箴言；我要傾吐古時的謎語，

我要開口說比喻，吐露古時的謎題，

我將啟口設譬、宣古秘語兮、

余將啟口設譬、以古所秘者闡揚之兮、

我啟口設喻言、述說古來之隱語、

啟脣設譬。發古之蘊。

I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

I will open my mouth and tell a story. I will speak about things that were hidden. They happened a long time ago.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—

I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past—

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will tell riddles of old,

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past—

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:“ I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.” (niv)

I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle: (niv)

for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise. (niv)

He replied,“ Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.This is why I speak to them in parables:“ Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. (niv)

He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything. (niv)