Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 13:34-35

"All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them: 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." — Matthew 13:34-35 (ASV)

That prophet was David or Asaph. Psalms 78 begins, “Give ear, O my people, to my law” (Psalms 78:1). By whom could this be spoken but by God? And yet, in the third verse (Psalms 78:3), this same person speaks of “our fathers,” and therefore he must be a man. Here, then, in Psalm 78, is the sacred person who is both God and man, and to our Lord Jesus Christ the language is most fittingly applied by the evangelist.

Our Lord speaks hidden things and sets forth secret things in an open parable, which is understood by those who have had the eyes of their understanding opened, while those who are self-blinded do not perceive His meaning. These parables contain ancient secrets and deep mysteries, and perhaps there is more of prophecy in them than we have yet perceived.