Matthew 13:18
16 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.
Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
- KJV
- Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
- WEB
- “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
- ASV
- Hear then ye the parable of the sower.
- DARBY
- *Ye*, therefore, hear the parable of the sower.
- BLB
- You⁺, therefore, hear the parable of the one having sown:
- ÅB
- «Så hør nå lignelsen om såmannen:
- OTB
- «Hør nå forklaringen på lignelsen om såmannen.
- B1930
- Så hør da I lignelsen om såmannen:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 13:11–12
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
Read in contextLuke 8:11–15
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Read in contextMark 4:13–20
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
Read in context