Matthew 13:17
Truly I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see those things which you see, and saw them not; and to hear those things which you hear, and heard them not.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
16But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
18Therefore hear ye the parable of the sower.
Cross References
Luke 10:24For I say unto you, that many kings and prophets desired to see those things which you see, and saw them not; and to hear those things which you hear, and heard them not.
Ephesians 3:5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets through the Spirit;
Hebrews 11:39And all these, having received the witness of the spirit through faith, did not obtain 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 →