Matthew 13:17
I'm telling you, many prophets and good people longed to see what you're seeing, but didn't see it. They longed to hear what you're hearing, but didn't hear it.
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16Your eyes are blessed, for they see. Your ears are blessed too, for they hear.
18So listen to the story of the sower.
Cross References
Luke 10:24I tell you, many prophets and kings have wanted to see what you're seeing, but they didn't see, and wanted to hear the things you're hearing, but didn't hear.”
Ephesians 3:5In past generations this wasn't made clear to anyone, but now it's been revealed to God's holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit
Hebrews 11:39All of these people, even though they had God's approval, didn't receive what God had promised.
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 →