Matthew 13:17
For truly I say to you, many prophets and righteous people desired to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them.
Text-Critical English NT
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In Context
16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
18“So hear what the parable of the sower means:
Cross References
Luke 10:24For I tell you that many prophets and kings wished to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them.”
Ephesians 3:5which in previous 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 11:39All these people were commended for their faith, but they did not receive what was 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 →