Matthew 13:17
For assuredly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and they did not see, and to hear what you hear, and they did not hear.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
18“Therefore hear the parable of the sower:
Cross References
Luke 10:24for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and they did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and they did not hear it.” 1 The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Ephesians 3:5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:
Hebrews 11:39And all these, having obtained witness through their 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 →