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General Information:
Here the author quotes from the Psalms to show that Jesus' teaching in parables fulfilled prophecy.
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; and he said nothing to them without a parable
Both sentences mean the same thing. They are combined to emphasize that Jesus taught the crowds only with parables. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
All these things
This refers to what Jesus taught beginning at Matthew 13:1.
he said nothing to them without a parable
"he taught them nothing except by parables." The double negative can be expressed in a positive way. AT: "everything he taught them he said in parables" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives)
what had been said through the prophet might come true, when he said
This can be stated in active form. AT: "what God told one of the prophets to write long ago might come true" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
when he said
"when the prophet said"
I will open my mouth
This is an idiom that means to speak. AT: "I will speak" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
things that were hidden
This can be stated in active form. AT: "things that God has kept hidden" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
from the foundation of the world
"since the beginning of the world" or "since God created the world"