I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
⛓ Read Psalm 78 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation1
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
Formal fulfillment quotation: 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.' Asaph's didactic psalm of Israel's history is cited as prophecy of Jesus' parabolic teaching.
High confidenceEcho2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The psalmist's 'I will open my mouth in a parable' connects parabolic speech with hidden things 'from of old' (so used in Matthew's redaction of this material). For Mark the link is faint and indirect, registering only as thematic coherence between parable-speech and concealed mysteries.
Low confidenceThe summary that Jesus spoke 'without a parable he didn't speak to them' resonates with the psalmist's 'I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old.' The link between exclusive parabolic teaching and revealed/concealed wisdom is thematically coherent, though for Mark it is faint and uncited.
Low confidence