Lessons From Israel's Past

¹ Give ear, O my people, to mine instruction, Bend your ear to the sayings of my mouth; ² I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; - ³ Which we have heard, and come to know, And, our fathers, have recounted to us;

From the Beginning

Of the World

Psalm 49:4

I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.

Proverbs 1:6

By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Matthew 13:11-13

And, he, answering, said, Because, unto you, hath it been given, to get to know the sacred secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, - whereas, unto them, hath it not been given.

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things, spake Jesus in parables, unto the multitudes, and, without a parable, was he speaking, nothing, unto them:

Mark 4:34

but, without a parable, was he not speaking unto them, - privately, however, unto his own disciples, was he explaining all things.