Matthew 13:17
For verily I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear the things which ye hear, and have not heard them .
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In Context
16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Cross References
Luke 10:24For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear the things which ye hear, and have not heard them .
Ephesians 3:5Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
Hebrews 11:39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, 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 →