Matthew 13:17

For verily I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men longed to see what ye see, and did not see it; and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear it.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 happy are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

18But hear ye the similitude of the seed.

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Cross References

Luke 10:24For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and did not see it; and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear it.

Ephesians 3:5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy legates and to his prophets, by the Spirit;

Hebrews 11:39And all these, of whose faith there is testimony, received not 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 →

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