Matthew 13:17

For truly I say to you that many Neviim and tzaddikim desired to see what you see, and they did not see, + 13:17 it and to hear what you hear, and they did not hear it.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them .

In Context

16But ashrey are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

18You, therefore, listen to the mashal of the sower.

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Cross References

Luke 10:24For I say to you that many neviim and melachim wanted to see what you see and they did not see them, and to hear what you hear and they did not hear them.

Ephesians 3:5Of which in other dorot (generations) was not made known to the Bnei Adam as it has now been made hisgalus (revelation) to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiachʼs Shlichim and Nevi'im HaKedoshim in the Ruach Hakodesh,

Hebrews 11:39And all these, having Hashemʼs commendation through their Emunah, did not receive the havtachah (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 →

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