Matthew 13:17
For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
16But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
18Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
Cross References
Luke 10:24For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
Ephesians 3:5Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
Hebrews 11:39And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
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 →