# Matthew 13.35

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 33. <span class="rl-speech">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 it was all leavened.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:</span>
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> **35. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>**
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> 36. <span class="rl-speech">Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.</span> 37. And he answered and said, <span class="rl-speech">He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;</span> (Matthew 13:33-37, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 33. <span class="rl-speech">He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,</span>
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> **35. <span class="rl-speech">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.”</span>**
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> 36. <span class="rl-speech">Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”</span> 37. He answered them, <span class="rl-speech">“He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,</span> (Matthew 13:33-37, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 33. <span class="rl-speech">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. <sup>measures: the word in the Greek is a measure containing about a peck and a half, wanting a little more than a pint</sup></span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:</span>
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> **35. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>**
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> 36. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 37. He answered and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;</span> (Matthew 13:33-37, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'</span> 34. All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,
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> **35. that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'**
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> 36. Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, 'Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.' 37. And he answering said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,</span> (Matthew 13:33-37, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 13](/codex/matthew-13/)
- [NT Use of OT](/codex/nt-use-of-ot/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.