After relating illustrations in which Jesus likened the Kingdom to a developing mustard grain and to leaven, Matthew states: “Without an illustration [Jesus] would not speak to them; that there might be fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet who said: ‘ I will open my mouth with illustrations, I will publish things hidden since the founding. ’ ”
(‏ مز ٧٨ :‏ ٢‏ )‏ فَكَيْفَ نَعْرِفُ أَنَّ هذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ تَنْطَبِقُ نَبَوِيًّا عَلَى يَسُوعَ ؟‏