Matthew 13:17
For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men longed to see the things that ye see, and did not see them, and to hear the things that ye hear, and did not hear them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
18Hear ye then the parable of the man who sows.
Cross References
Luke 10:24For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.
Ephesians 3:5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.
Hebrews 11:39And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24
The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →