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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mat_13:34-35
34All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable. 35This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
"I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world."
Mat_13:35 "This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet" This is a quote from Psa_78:2.
Several ancient Greek manuscripts including the original copier of à and the Greek manuscripts used by Eusebius and Jerome have "through Isaiah the prophet." It has been speculated that the original text had "through Asaph" to whom Psalms 78 is attributed in the Masoretic Text. There is no Greek text, however, which has this name. An early scribe either (1) did not recognize this Levitical Temple choir leader and changed the name to "Isaiah" or (2) thought the reference from Mat_13:14-15 somehow continued.
The Jews believed that all writers of inspired Scriptures were "prophets." The vast majority of ancient Greek manuscripts do not have the name "Isaiah" in the text.
▣ "the foundation of the world" The GENITIVE phrase "of the world" is not found in Uncial manuscripts à cf8 i1 and B, as well as some Old Latin and Syriac manuscripts and the Greek texts used by Origen and Jerome. The full phrase does occur in Mat_25:34 and many Uncial Greek manuscripts (i.e., à cf8 i2, à *, C, D, L, W. The UBS4 committee decided to include "Kosmou," but in brackets, with a "C" rating (i.e., difficulty in deciding).