Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;

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In The King James Version

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

In Context

15Because the A hearts of this people have grown dull, and their B ears hard of hearing, and their C eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their C eyes and hear with their B ears and understand with their A hearts, and turn around; and I would heal them.’

17for assuredly I say to you that many prophets and righteous ones desired to see what you see and did not see it, and to hear what you hear and did not hear it.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

Luke 2:29“Sovereign, now You can release your slave in peace, according to Your word,

John 20:29Jesus says to him: “Because you have observed me, you have believed. Blessed are those who believe without seeing!”

2 Corinthians 4:6because the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness is He who shined in our hearts to give the light that comes from the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 →

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