Matthew 13:16
14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
18 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
- KJV
- But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
- WEB
- “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
- ASV
- But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
- DARBY
- But blessed are *your* eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;
- BLB
- But blessed [are] your⁺ eyes because they see, and your⁺ ears because they hear.
- ÅB
- «Men dere; salige er øynene deres, fordi de ser, og ørene deres fordi de hører.
- OTB
- Men salige er deres øyne, for de ser; og salige er deres ører, for de hører.
- B1930
- Men salige er eders øine fordi de ser, og eders ører fordi de hører.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 10:23–24
Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
Read in contextEphesians 1:17–18
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
Read in contextMatthew 16:17
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
Read in contextJohn 20:29
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Read in contextActs 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Read in contextLuke 2:29–30
“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
Read in contextMatthew 5:3–11
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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