Matthew 13:13

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

In Context

12But whosoever has, it shall be given to him, and he shall have more abundantly: but whosoever has not, it shall be taken from him even what he has.

14And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled unto them, saying, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive.

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Cross References

Mark 8:17And Jesus knowing says to them, Why do you reason because you have not bread? do you not yet know, nor understand? have you your heart still hardened?

John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that those not seeing may see; and those seeing may be made blind.

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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