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Matthew 13:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. "
Matthew 13:16
Verse in Context
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And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
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
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
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Matthew 13:1
"The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side."
Matthew 13:2
"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."
Matthew 13:3
"And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;"
Matthew 13:4
"And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:"
Matthew 13:5
"Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:"
Matthew 13:6
"And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away."
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