Matthew 13:17
For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
In Context
16“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
18“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
Cross References
Luke 10:24for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”
Ephesians 3:5which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy emissaries and prophets in the Spirit,
Hebrews 11:39These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t 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 →