Matthew 13:16

"But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

In Context

15For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might heal them.'

17For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Luke 2:29"Now, O Sovereign Lord, Thou dost send Thy servant away in peace, in fulfilment of Thy word,

John 20:29"Because you have seen me," replied Jesus, "you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

2 Corinthians 4:6For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.

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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